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
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 Miller, William James
Hence, in some years there are fewer "Sundays after the Epiphany" than in others, owing to the dates of Easter and Septuagesima.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
The Sunday of Septuagesima beginneth the story of the Bible, in which is read the legend and story of Adam which followeth In the beginning God made and created heaven and earth.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
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.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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