neomenia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- / niːə(ʊ)ˈmiːniə / (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin neomēnia.
Meanings
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(obsolete) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
The ſecond, Neomenia, or new moon, in which day they alwaies beganne the moneth; and twelue ſuch monethes made a yeare, by the courſe of the moone; for by the courſe of the ſunne, the yeare conteineth eleuven dayes more, which in three yeares make abouve a moneth.
1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 3 Kinges VI:(please specify the verse(s)), page 707: