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Pronunciation : Cal"ends
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. Claim.]
Definition : Defn: The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913