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quinquagesima |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five See {Five}.] Fiftieth. {Quinquagesima Sunday}, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also {Shrove Sunday}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Quinquagesima n : the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: {Quinquagesima}, {Quinquagesima Sunday}]
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