Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adar"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Adar
large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the
ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15,
17, 19, 21). It included the days extending from the new moon of
our March to the new moon of April. The name was first used
after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs
not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for
abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was
intercalated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adar \A"dar\, n. [Heb. ad["a]r.]
The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the
sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Adar
n : the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the
ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and
March) [syn: {Adar}]
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