1563 J. Foxe 735/1 He was at charge to haue (as your grace knoweth) the lent diet daily prepared.
1732 J. Arbuthnot ii. 286 In a Lent Diet People commonly fall away.
2006 T. Stuart (2007) xii. 152 For most people, who could not afford fish or substitutes such as almond milk, the Lent diet was a meagre affair.