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Sexa·ges·ima (sek′sə jā′zi mə, -jes′i mə)

noun

the second Sunday before Lent
also Sexagesima Sunday

Etymology: ME sexagesime < LL(Ec) sexagesima (dies) < fem. of L sexagesimus, sixtieth (+ dies, day)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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