Sexagesima
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sexagesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sexāgēsima ( diēs ) sixtieth (day), feminine of sexāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to sexāgintā sixty
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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 William James Miller
But also after having been publicly initiated to this ministry on Sunday Sexagesima, February 18th, 1838, at the altar of the Cathedral Church of Boston, I progressed slowly in the development of the mystery.
From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Andrew B. Smolnikar
For instance, the cantata for Sexagesima Sunday turns upon the parable of the sower, and this being the Gospel for the day is made its central point.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
He seems to have produced the first Cantata his new post required him to write on Sexagesima Sunday, which fell on 4th February in that year.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel
Sexagesima.—The second Sunday before Lent is so called, because it is about sixty days before Easter; Sexagesima meaning sixtieth.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
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