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quadragesima |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr quadragesimus the fortieth, fr quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four See {Four}.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. {Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Quadragesima n : the first Sunday in Lent [syn: {Quadragesima}, {Quadrigesima Sunday}]
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