Quinquagesima
Americannoun
noun
Usage
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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Etymology
Origin of Quinquagesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin, short for Latin quīnquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day
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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
In most Roman Catholic countries it begins with Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before Lent.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
On Wednesday before Easter the man who was excommunicated on Sunday Quinquagesima from our congregation, came to me after having separated from the woman with whom he was not married.
From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Andrew B. Smolnikar
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
Pre-Lenten Season.—The name commonly given to the weeks preceding Lent covered by the three Sundays entitled, Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
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