Quinquagesima
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What is Quinquagesima? Quinquagesima is another name for Shrove Sunday, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the first of the three days of Shrovetide. Shrovetide is the three-day period before the beginning of Lent, which is the season of fasting and penitence that precedes Easter. Shrovetide starts on Quinquagesima and is followed by Shrove Monday and Shrove Tuesday. Quinquagesima is sometimes called Quinquagesima Sunday.
Other Word Forms
- Quinquagesimal adjective
Etymology
Origin of Quinquagesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin, short for Latin quīnquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day
Example Sentences
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Another clerk gave out a strange notice on Quinquagesima Sunday with regard to the due observance of Ash Wednesday.
From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
I saw it on Quinquagesima Sunday, when the devotion of the Forty Hours was in progress.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
The Sunday called Quinquagesima is read in the church the history of the holy patriarch Abraham which was the son of Terah.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
On Wednesday before Easter the man who was excommunicated on Sunday Quinquagesima from our congregation, came to me after having separated from the woman with whom he was not married.
From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Smolnikar, Andrew B.
Lady Cheverel recognized the handwriting as Sarti's in spite of its tremulousness, and, going down to her carriage, ordered the Milanese coachman to drive to Strada Quinquagesima, Numero 10.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George
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