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Definition[1]

Dried flesh; to sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; the end of the year; a year; a monastic year, i.e. the end of the annual summer retreat, also called 戒臘; 夏臘; 法臘. 

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

又作[艹/(月*曷)]。(一)指戒臘、法臘。為比丘受具足戒後之年數。比丘出家之年歲與世俗不同,係以受戒以後之夏安居數為年次,故有戒臘、夏臘、法臘、年臘等稱。禪苑清規卷十百丈規繩頌(卍續一一一‧四六五下):「凡具道眼,有可遵之德者,號曰長老;如西域道高臘長,呼須菩提等之謂。」〔玄應音義卷十四〕(參閱「法臘」3431)
(二)指臘月。歲終之義。臘,為我國古代祭祀之名。我國夙以農曆十二月為臘祭之月,故十二月習稱臘月。圓通大應國師語錄卷上(大八○‧一○六中):「逗到臘月三十日,也只是恁麽;臘盡春回,依舊如前,且道是什麽田地?」

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佛光電子大辭典
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