computistic

computistic

English

Etymology

    From compute + -istic.

    Adjective

    computistic (not comparable)

    1. Of or relating to the calendrical technique of computus.
      • 1996 [1992], Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, chapter 3, in Thomas Dunlap, transl., History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders[1], University of Chicago Press, translation of Die Geschichte der Stunde: Uhren und moderne Zeitordnungen (in German), →OCLC, page 41:
        The computistic writings of the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede (De temporibus, De temporum ratione) became highly authoritative and were widely circulated.

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