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Canicʹular Year

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The ancient Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog-star (Sirius) to the next.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Candide
Candle
Candle-holder
Candles of the Night
Candlemas Day
Candour (Mrs.)
Canens
Canephoræ (in architecture)
Cancicular Days
Canicular Period
Canicular Year
Canidia
Canister
Canker
Cannæ
Cannel Coal
Cannibal
Cannon (in billiards)
Canoe
Canon
Canon Law