Septuagesima

American  

[sep-choo-uh-jes-uh-muh, -too-, -tyoo-] / ˌsɛp tʃu əˈdʒɛs ə mə, -tu-, -tyu- /

noun

1. the third Sunday before Lent.

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Septuagesima British  

/ ˌsɛptjʊəˈdʒɛsɪmə /

noun

1. the third Sunday before Lent

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Etymology

Origin of Septuagesima

1350–1400; < Late Latin septuāgēsima ( diēs ) the seventieth (day), feminine of septuāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to septuāgintā seventy; replacing Middle English septuages ( i ) me < Old French < Late Latin, as above

Example Sentences

Tract, trakt, n. something drawn out or extended: continued duration: a region, area: a short treatise: an anthem sung instead of the Alleluia after the gradual, or instead of it, from Septuagesima till Easter-eve.—n.

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K. From Septuagesima to Holy Saturday, everything in the liturgy breathes a profound sadness.

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But Savonarola could not long keep silence, and in the following February, 1498, on Septuagesima Sunday, he again ascended the pulpit of the Duomo.

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The Paschal Season extends from Septuagesima Sunday to Low Sunday, a period of seventy days.

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I am going to Rome about the 23rd of this month, and shall, I think, certainly stay there till about Septuagesima; but if I am tempted I shall stop over Easter.

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