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‖ Quinquagesima|kwɪnkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə|
[med.L., fem. (sc. dies) of L. quinquāgēsimus fiftieth.
It is not certain whether the name is due to the fact that the Sunday in question is the fiftieth day before Easter (reckoning inclusively), or was simply formed on anal. of Quadragesima (cf. sex-, septuagesima).]
†a. The period beginning with the Sunday immediately preceding Lent and ending on Easter Sunday. Obs.
†b. The first week of this period. Obs.
c. (Also Quinquagesima Sunday.) The Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 297 He..was i-crowned..þe Sonday in Quinquagesima, þat is þat day a fourtenyȝt after Alleluya is i-closed. 1398― Barth. De P.R. ix. xxix. (1495) 364 Quinquagesima begynnyth the thyrd Sondaye after Septuagesima and endyth in the sonday of the Resurreccion. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 143 This emperoure goynge to here masse..in the Sonneday of Quinquagesima. 1612Selden Illustr. Drayton's Polyolb. xi. 185 The foure last daies of the Quinquagesima, that is Ash wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 1656Blount Glossogr., Quinquagesima Sunday is always that which we vulgarly call Shrove Sunday. 1710C. Wheatly Bk. Com. Prayer iv. §8. 78 The Tuesday after Quinquagesima Sunday is generally call'd Shrove Tuesday. 1885Catholic Dict. (1897) 559/2 St. Ambrose..censures those who began Lent with Sexagesima or Quinquagesima.
attrib.1885Catholic Dict. (1897) 559/1 On the Monday in Quinquagesima week. 1901Proctor & Frere Bk. Com. Prayer 533 The Quinquagesima Collect. |