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  1. 1. n. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years. Source: opted
  2. 2. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years. Source: webster
  3. 3. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date ofthe new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of thebissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is theproemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and anotherevery 2,400 years. Source: adambom

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