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Quinquagesima Sunday

Variant of Quinquagesima

noun

the Sunday before Lent

Origin: LL quinquagesima (dies), fiftieth (day), i.e., before Easter, fem. of L quinquagesimus, fiftieth: cf. quinquagenarian

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