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QUINQUAGESIMA

\kwˈɪnkwe͡ɪd͡ʒsˌɪmə], \kwˈɪnkwe‍ɪd‍ʒsˌɪmə], \k_w_ˈɪ_n_k_w_eɪ_dʒ_s_ˌɪ_m_ə]\

Definitions of QUINQUAGESIMA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The Sunday fifty days before Easter.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The fiftieth. Quinquagesima Sunday, so called from being the fiftieth day before Easter.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Fiftieth; applied to the seventh Sunday before Easter; also to the fiftieth day before Easter; Shrove Sunday.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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