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Borrowed from Latin computus. Doublet of conto and count.

noun computi · compotus · conpotus

countable, uncountable The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. An elaborate bundle of techniques called computus therefore developed around Easter calculations. Computus formed the centerpiece of “scientific” education in the monasteries.
countable, historical, uncountable A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts. 1987, Bruce Eastwood, 5: Plinian astronomical diagrams in the early Middle Ages, Edward Grant, John Emery Murdoch, Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages, page 149, This computus also contains only one completed Plinian diagram, that for the planetary h

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@misc{computus_2026,
  title = {computus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/computus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}