Usually means: Leap year every four years.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Bissextus)

noun:  Bissext, or bissextus is the leap day which is added to the Julian calendar every fourth year and to the Gregorian calendar almost every fourth year to compensate for the almost six hour difference in length between a common calendar year of 365 days and the average length of the solar year.


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