Twelfth Month

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Twelfth Month

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Named for being the twelfth month and to avoid December, as part of a larger trend of avoiding calendar months named after Roman deities and political leaders.

proper noun

Quakerism December, the twelfth month of the year.

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"Twelfth Month." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/twelfth%20month. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Twelfth Month. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/twelfth%20month

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"Twelfth Month." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/twelfth%20month.

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@misc{twelfth_month_2026,
  title = {Twelfth Month},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twelfth%20month},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}