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单词 quinquagesimal
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quinquagesimaladj.

Brit. /ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsᵻml/, U.S. /ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsəm(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quinquagesimus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinquagesimus fiftieth (see Quinquagesima n.) + -al suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin quinquagesimalis of or relating to the period of Quinquagesima (8th cent., c1535 in British sources).
Designating, belonging to, or relating to a set of fifty things (esp. days); based on division into fifty parts.
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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > of or lasting specific number of days
novendial1533
triduan1597
quadragesimal1610
hebdomadal1612
quinquagesimal1652
tricenary1655
septuary1700
tridiurnal1828
trigesimal1839
trihemeral1840
ninety-day1859
three-day1890
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Pentecost > [adjective] > fifty days preceding
quinquagesimal1652
1652 D. Cawdrey Sabbatum Redivivum ii. 12 They of two sorts... 2. Quinquagesimall, which was every fiftieth year, called the Jubile.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 197 The quinquagesimal days were the fifty days between Easter and Whitsunday.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1801/2 As designating the last day of this quinquagesimal period, the word ‘Pentecost’ is first found in..305.
1887 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 8 148 Every where alike the first multiple of the unit in the case of gold or silver is decimal or quinquagesimal, not sexagesimal.
1959 Biblical Archaeologist 2 35 The Hebrew governmental and commercial systrem was quinquagesimal rather than sexagesimal.
2000 J. McKinnon Advent Project xiv. 358 The quinquagesima of Easter and Pentecost is virtually apostolic in origin, owing much to the quinquagesimal framework of the three great Jewish pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Weeks and Tabernacles—each separated by fifty days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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