A period of fasting and penitence, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending shortly before Easter, observed in the Christian Church in commemoration…
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释义 | society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lent > [noun] (21) LentenOE A period of fasting and penitence, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending shortly before Easter, observed in the Christian Church in commemoration… Lent tidelOE †(a) the season of spring (obsolete); (b) the season of Lent (sense 2a). Lentc1300 Chiefly with capital initial. A period of fasting and penitence, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending shortly before Easter, observed in the… Lent timec1400 Quadragesime1483 Lent; a fast during Lent. Lent season?1490 †(a) the season of spring (obsolete); (b) the season of Lent (sense 2a). Quadragesimac1560 (a) Lent; the forty days of Lent. (b) The first Sunday in Lent. Also Quadragesima Sunday. Great Lent1591 the most important fasting period of the religious year, esp. in Orthodox Churches; = Lent, n.1 2a. Great Fasta1670 the most important period of fasting and abstinence in a religious calendar, as Lent in Christianity, Yom Kippur in Judaism, or Ramadan in Islam. shrift-time1853 Lent. Subcategories:— first day of (3) — first Sunday in (3) — fourth Sunday in (1) — scambling days (1) — period during when no fast is imposed (3) |
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