Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAL'EN-DAR, n. [L. calendarium, an account book. See Calends.]

1. A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in order, with the feasts observed by the church, &c.; an almanac. It was so named from the Roman Calendæ, the name given to the first day of the month, and written, in large letters, at the head of each month. [See Calends.] Encyc.
2. A list of prisoners in the custody of the sherif. – Eng.
3. An orderly table or enumeration of persons or things. – Encyc.
4. In Congress, a list of bills prepared for the action of that body. Calendar-month, a solar month as it stands in almanacs.