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LentLent noun [uncountable] LentOrigin: 1200-1300 Lenten ‘springtime, Lent’ (11-17 centuries), from Old English lengten; because the days get longer in spring - He mentioned the possibility of sacramental confession at the time of Lent.
- In two weeks we will be entering the season of Lent.
- It had been lying in a back room, removed from its altar position after Lent, Surprenant said.
- Other peaks came during the months following the prohibited times of Advent and Lent.
- Sometimes the second reading, usually made from the Apostolic writings, had the same theme especially in Lent or Advent.
- The starting date of the crusade was fixed for Lent 1190 when both Kings and Richard were to muster at Vézelay.
- This morning we stand on the threshold of the season of Lent.
- When he was a young man, Jim thought of Lent as a season of contrition, spiritual discipline and personal purification.
the 40 days before Easter when some Christians eat less food or stop doing something that they enjoy—Lenten adjective |