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Quadragesima Sunday
Variant of Quadragesima
Quadragesima
definition
Quad·ra·ges·ima (kwä′drə jā′zi mə, -jes′i-)
noun
- Obsolete the forty days of Lent
- the first Sunday in Lentalso Quadragesima Sunday
Etymology: LL(Ec) < fem. of L quadragesimus, fortieth < quadraginta, forty < base of quattuor, four
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