Sexagesima

Sexagesima is the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday.

(noun)

An example of Sexagesima is the day two Sundays before the first day of Lent in the Christian religion that marks the start of the pre-Lenten season.

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See Sexagesima in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the second Sunday before Lent

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

See Sexagesima in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The second Sunday before Lent.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin sexāgēsima (diēs), sixtieth (day)

Origin: , from feminine of Latin sexāgēsimus, sixtieth

Origin: , from sexāgintā, sixty; see sexagenary

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