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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Calends  \Cal"ends\,  n.  pl  [OE.  kalendes  month,  calends,  AS 
  calend  month,  fr  L.  calendae;  akin  to  calare  to  call 
  proclaim,  Gr  ??????.  CF  {Claim}.] 
  The  first  day  of  each  month  in  the  ancient  Roman  calendar. 
  [Written  also  {kalends}.] 
 
  {The  Greek  calends},  a  time  that  will  never  come  as  the 
  Greeks  had  no  calends. 

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