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Bissextile
Bissextile Bis*sex"tile, n. [L. bissextilis annus, fr. bissextus (bis + sextus sixth, fr. sex six) the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice every fourth year, by the intercalation of a day.] Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
Bissextile
Bissextile Bis*sex"tile, a. Pertaining to leap year.

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- A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bis****tile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar...
- are esteemed to be Bis****tile or Leap Years, shall for the ****ure, and in all Times to come, be esteemed and taken to be Bis****tile or Leap Years, consisting...
- is called in English the bis****tile day. The year in which it occurred was termed annus bis****tus, in English the bis****tile year. There is debate about...
- and prognosication for the year of our Lord, 1649 being the first from bis****tile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5598, wherein is contained...
- Connoissance des Temps, ou Connoissance des mouvemens célestes. pour l'année bis****tile 1784. Paris, FR: L'Imprimerie Royale: 227–267. Bibcode:1781cote.rept....
- always obtained by doubling 24 February (the bis****tum (twice sixth) or bis****tile day) until the late Middle Ages. The Gregorian calendar is proleptic before...
- Julian leap day of 29 February, but the Julian leap day, that is, the bis****tile day (ante diem bis ****tum Kalendas Martias in Latin) was accomplished...
- gl****e, or, Ephemeris for the year of the Christian era 1652 being the bis****tile or leap-year: contayning the lunations, planetary motions, configurations...
- provincial calendar, for the year of Our Lord 1827: being the third after bis****tile or leap year, and the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty [King G]eorge...
- Franklin) (1727). "The Rhode-Island almanack. For the year, 1728. Being bis****tile, or leap-year. Carefully ****ed, and exact- [sic] calculated to the meridian...