Year
Definition of year:
-
Age
or
old
age.
The
lunar
year,
the
space
of
twelve
lunar
months.
The
bissextile,
or
leap-
year,
a
year
occurring
every
fourth
year
of
366
days,
when
February
has
29
days,
instead
of
28.
The
Sabbatic
year,
among
the
Israelites,
every
seventh
year,
when
their
land
was
suffered
to
lie
untilled.
The
great
year,
the
time
in
which
the
fixed
stars
make
a
revolution.
-
The
period
of
time,
determined
by
astronomical
observations,
in
which
the
sun
moves
through
the
twelve
signs
of
the
ecliptic,
or
whole
circle,
and
returns
to
the
same
point;
the
so-
called
tropical
or
solar
year,
which
comprehends
twelve
calendar
months,
or
365
days,
5
hours,
48
minutes,
and
49
7-
10ths
seconds;
the
time
in
which
any
planet
completes
a
revolution;
the
great
year,
see
Infra.
-
The
period
of
time
determined
by
one
revolution
of
the
earth
round
the
sun,
which
it
accomplishes
in
about
365
1/
4
days;
the
period
commencing
on
1st
January,
and
ending
31st
December.