Lent term
Britishnoun
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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 Charles Turley
He usually gave a course of lectures on heat and the constitution of bodies in the Michaelmas term; on electricity in the Lent term; and on electro-magnetism in the Easter term.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by William Garnett
P. 126At Red Lion Square, during Lent term, 1855, the three teachers worked together every Thursday evening.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
Hilary and Trinity are other names for Lent term and Act term respectively.
From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by Thomas De Quincey
In Lent term, 1838, he was hard at work on the new poem.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
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