Septuagesima

[ sep-choo-uh-jes-uh-muh, -too-, -tyoo- ]

noun
  1. the third Sunday before Lent.

Origin of Septuagesima

1
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
  • Also called Septuagesima Sunday.

Words Nearby Septuagesima

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How to use Septuagesima in a sentence

  • Renard assured her that the prince should be in her arms before Septuagesima, and all her trials would be over.

    The Reign of Mary Tudor | W. Llewelyn Williams.
  • The same consideration applies to the tracts, the use of which he extended in Septuagesima.

  • Septuagesima Sunday, when the first chapter of Genesis is read.

    The Gospel of St. John | Frederick Denison Maurice
  • But on the feasts of Saints on Septuagesima and Advent, violet or black is not to be used.

British Dictionary definitions for Septuagesima

Septuagesima

/ (ˌsɛptjʊəˈdʒɛsɪmə) /


noun
  1. the third Sunday before Lent

Origin of Septuagesima

1
C14: from Church Latin septuāgēsima (dīes) the seventieth (day); compare Quinquagesima

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