Lenten

or lent·en

[ len-tn ]

/ ˈlɛn tn /

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adjective

of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.

suggesting Lent, as in austerity, frugality, or rigorousness; meager.

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Origin of Lenten

First recorded before 900; Middle English lente(n) “spring, springtime, Lent,” noun use of Old English noun and adjective lengten, læncgten, lencten “spring, springtime, Lent; of springtime, Lenten”; later taken as an adjective ending in -en; see origin at Lent, -en²

Words nearby Lenten

lensman, lens turret, lent, lentamente, lentando, Lenten, lentic, lenticel, lenticle, lenticular, lenticular cloud

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How to use Lenten in a sentence

One of the first tracts wholly devoted to tobacco is entitled Nash's "Lenten Stuffe."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Even in the present year-1913-the Lenten pastoral of one of the bishops goes back to the same old subject.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous
After the Christmas holidays the city will be gay until the Lenten season.
Patchwork|Anna Balmer Myers
It is the method by which one fills a Lenten mitebox—it is disciplinary, that is, it is meant to hurt a little, and it does.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman

The Lenten, Easter, and Christmas songs are the greatest artistic inheritance handed down to us from the past.
More Tales by Polish Authors|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Lenten

lenten

/ (ˈlɛntən) /

adjective

(often capital) of or relating to Lent

archaic, or literary spare, plain, or meagrelenten fare

archaic cold, austere, or sombrea lenten lover

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