Lent term
Britishnoun
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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
The eyes of the sporting world are upon him from the commencement of Lent term.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
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
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
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
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