Quinquagesima
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noun
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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.
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Origin of Quinquagesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin, short for Latin quīnquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day
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Quinquagesima.—The name given to the Sunday next before Lent, because it is the fiftieth day before Easter; Quinquagesima meaning fiftieth.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
Quinquagesima, kwin-kwa-jes′i-ma, n. a period of fifty days.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six | Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter.
From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland
On the next following Sunday, which was Quinquagesima or the next Sunday before Lent, I received the order from my leader to excommunicate that man publicly.
From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Andrew B. Smolnikar
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 George Eliot
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