Quinquagesima

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).
  2. 2
    the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) wordnet

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quinquagesima sunday

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quinquagesima dies (“50th day”).

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