New Style

n : the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Pope

Gregory XIII in 1582 AD to correct an error in the Julian

calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called

Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible

by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great

Britain and the American colonies in 1752 [syn: {Gregorian

calendar}, {New Style}]