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Quadragesima
Quad·ra·ges·i·ma [ kwòddrə jéssimə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
first Sunday in Lent: in the Christian liturgical calendar, the first Sunday in Lent
[14th century. < late Latin quadragesima (dies) "fortieth (day)" (before Easter) < quadraginta "forty"]
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