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Quinquagesima

[ kwing-kwuh-jes-uh-muh, kwin- ]

noun

  1. the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.


Quinquagesima

/ ˌɪŋəˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent Also calledQuinquagesima Sunday
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ϳܾqܲ·i· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Quinquagesima1

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin, short for Latin quīnquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Quinquagesima1

C14: via Medieval Latin from Latin quinquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day
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I saw it on Quinquagesima Sunday, when the devotion of the Forty Hours was in progress.

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In most Roman Catholic countries it begins with Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before Lent.

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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.

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Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six | Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter.

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On Wednesday before Easter the man who was excommunicated on Sunday Quinquagesima from our congregation, came to me after having separated from the woman with whom he was not married.

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