Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.]

(Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [1913 Webster]

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. [1913 Webster]

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Quadragesima

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Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.]

(Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)