Lent term
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After the Christmas vacation follows the "Lent" term, from the middle of January to the middle of March.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
As usual in the Lent term, hockey was the one absorbing subject outside “shop,” and Hannah Vernon, now advanced to the lofty position of captain, had special reasons for welcoming her friend’s reviving spirits.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
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 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
The eyes of the sporting world are upon him from the commencement of Lent term.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
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