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 Cancicular Days.Canic’ular Year. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Canic’ular Period.
 
A cycle of 1461 years or 1460 Julian years, called a “Sothic period.” When it was supposed that any given day had passed through all the seasons of the year.   1
 


 Cancicular Days.Canic’ular Year. 

 
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