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
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
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
Michael much regretted that the etiquette of the Lent term, which substituted peg-tops for Conquerors, should prevent his chestnut reaching four figures.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
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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