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Ides [fr. iduare, obs. Lat., to divide], a division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and October the Ides were on the 15th of the month, in the remaining months on the 13th, Smi. Clas. Antiq. This method of reckoning is still retained in the Chancery of Rome, and in the calendar of the Breviary. See NONES.