"doomsday rule" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the doomsday rule [canonical]
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  1. An algorithm for determining the weekday on which a given date falls, based on certain easily-remembered dates called "doomsdays". Synonyms: doomsday algorithm, doomsday method
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