"epact" meaning in English

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          "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
          "word": "epakti"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
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          "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
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          "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
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      "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
      "word": "epakti"
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      "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
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      "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
      "word": "epakto"
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      "sense": "the time by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "éapacht"
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