Quinquagesima
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).
- 2 the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) wordnet
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From Medieval Latin quinquagesima dies (“50th day”).
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