Septuagesima Sunday

Variant of Septuagesima

Septuagesima definition

Sep·tua·gesi·ma (-jā′zi mə, -jes′i mə)

noun

the third Sunday before Lent
also Septuagesima Sunday

Etymology: ME Septuagesme < L, fem. of septuagesimus, seventieth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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