Lent term
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Lent term passed away with parsimonious February sunlight, with March lying grey upon the houses until it proclaimed itself suddenly in a booming London gale.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Certainly it needed the physical bracing of his sojourn at Aberdeen to keep Michael from dreaming away utterly his last Lent term.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
In Lent term, 1838, he was hard at work on the new poem.
From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
Seven other lectures were delivered during the first three weeks of the Lent term of 1842.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
In the Lent term Jack rowed six in our Torpid, and also told me that he thought he should try and get his blue for throwing the hammer.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
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