Quadragesima
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: Quadragesima Sunday. the first Sunday in Lent
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obsolete the forty days of Lent
Etymology
Origin of Quadragesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin quadrāgēsima, short for Latin quadrāgēsima diēs fortieth day
Example Sentences
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The first Sunday in Lent is also called Quadragesima Sunday, which is derived from the Latin words meaning "fortieth," as this first Sunday is exactly 40 days before Easter.
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Quadragesima.—Meaning fortieth; a name to be found in the Prayer-book for the First Sunday in Lent, because it occurs about forty days before Easter.
From Project Gutenberg
Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six | Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter.
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Possibly it is from this allegory of paradise that the rite of the "golden rose" which the Pope blesses on Quadragesima Sunday is derived.
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Quadragesima. lessen, v. reduce, diminish, minify, depreciate, minimize, decrease, mitigate, abate. lessening, n. reduction, diminution, decrease, decrement, depreciation, mitigation, shrinkage, abatement.
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