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Quinquagesima

Quin·qua·ges·i·ma [ kwìngkwə jéssimə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Sunday before beginning of Lent: in the Christian liturgical calendar, the Sunday before Lent, seven weeks or the fiftieth day before Easter

[14th century. Via medieval Latin, "fiftieth (day)" < Latin quinquagesimus< quinquaginta "fifty"]
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