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# julian

«julian» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy's name (a name)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

proper noun (Julian — a name); adjective (Julian)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Julian is a boy's name (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#m1)

2) Julian means to do with Julius Caesar, as in the Julian calendar, the calendar he brought in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#m2)

3) Julian of Norwich was an English woman who wrote about God's love (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history, the Julian calendar was used in Europe before the Gregorian calendar we use today; some Orthodox Christians, for example in parts of Ukraine and Russia, still keep certain feasts by the Julian calendar, so their Christmas falls later. In the Famous Five books, Julian is the eldest child.

### examples

- Julian is the oldest of the Famous Five. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x1)
- Julius Caesar started the Julian calendar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x2)
- My friend Julian is great at chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x3)
- Some churches still use the Julian calendar for feasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x4)
- Julian of Norwich wrote «All shall be well». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x5)
- The Julian calendar was slightly too long each year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/#x6)

### note

A name: capital J. The Julian calendar added a leap year every four years without exception, so it slowly drifted from the seasons.

### In the corpora

- [The Orthodox church kept the old Julian calendar, so Christmas was on 7 January, which is 25 December in the Julian calendar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/117-other-calendars/7/)
- [25 December in the old Julian calendar is 7 January in ours, because the gap is now 13 days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/117-other-calendars/19/)
- [The "Old New Year" on 14 January is 1 January in the old Julian calendar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/117-other-calendars/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «julian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/julian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.