Old Style

English + and New Style dates Noun - Old Style en historical The Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century. en 1891 w:Thomas Hardy w:Tess of the d'Urbervilles James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. London 1 16 The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns — a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms — days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average. en James George Frazer The Golden Bough 1911 10 244 As the [Manx] people reckon this festival according to the Old Style, Hollantide in the Isle of Man is our twelfth of November. en historical A dating system in which March 25 is the New Year's Day. Coordinate terms en New Style en Calendar