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
Example Sentences
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The Paschal Season extends from Septuagesima Sunday to Low Sunday, a period of seventy days.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
First, from Advent to Septuagesima; second, from Septuagesima to Easter; third, from Easter to Pentecost; fourth, from Pentecost to Advent.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Second General Division, from Septuagesima till Easter:—The death of Christ preceded by the events of His public life, His fasting, temptation, preaching, miracles, passion and death.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
In our parish church," said he, "we used to take up a collection for these poor prisoners every Septuagesima.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Septuagesima cannot fall earlier than the eighteenth day of January, nor later than the twenty-second day of February.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
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