QUINQUAGESIMA

Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday

(noun) the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. Etym: [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.]

Definition: Fiftieth. Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SENSE

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