Explore Computus through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Computus in a sentence
Computus meaning
- The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
- A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts.
Using Computus
- The main meaning on this page is: The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. | A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts.
Context around Computus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 40.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Computus
- In this selection, "computus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 40.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, year and indicates stand out and add context to how "computus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 84 year computus for determining and study the computus indicates that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "computus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with computus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As heirs to the Irish monastic tradition, Columbanus and his monks used a version of Bishop Augustalis 's 84-year computus for determining the date of Easter ( Quartodecimanism ), whereas the Franks had adopted the Victorian cycle of 532 years. (39 words)
The large number of surviving manuscripts of The Reckoning of Time, copied to meet the Carolingian requirement that all priests should study the computus, indicates that many, if not most, priests were exposed to the idea of the sphericity of the Earth. (42 words)
The large number of surviving manuscripts of The Reckoning of Time, copied to meet the Carolingian requirement that all priests should study the computus, indicates that many, if not most, priests were exposed to the idea of the sphericity of the Earth. (42 words)
As heirs to the Irish monastic tradition, Columbanus and his monks used a version of Bishop Augustalis 's 84-year computus for determining the date of Easter ( Quartodecimanism ), whereas the Franks had adopted the Victorian cycle of 532 years. (39 words)
Example sentences (2)
As heirs to the Irish monastic tradition, Columbanus and his monks used a version of Bishop Augustalis 's 84-year computus for determining the date of Easter ( Quartodecimanism ), whereas the Franks had adopted the Victorian cycle of 532 years.
The large number of surviving manuscripts of The Reckoning of Time, copied to meet the Carolingian requirement that all priests should study the computus, indicates that many, if not most, priests were exposed to the idea of the sphericity of the Earth.