Septuagesima
Americannoun
noun
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
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The book is divided according to six liturgical seasons�Advent, Christmastide, Septuagesima, Lent, Paschaltide and Time after Pentecost.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter
Septuagesima and Trinity XXI. are, on account of their first lessons, fitting Sundays for its use; nor is it by any means unsuitable for a harvest festival.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford
The principal church feasts depending on Easter, and the times of their celebration are as follows:— Septuagesima Sunday is 9 weeks before Easter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
But Savonarola could not long keep silence, and in the following February, 1498, on Septuagesima Sunday, he again ascended the pulpit of the Duomo.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
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