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单词 quadragesima
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Quadragesima

[ kwod-ruh-jes-uh-muh ]
/ ˌkwɒd rəˈdʒɛs ə mə /

noun

the first Sunday in Lent.

Origin of Quadragesima

1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin quadrāgēsima, short for Latin quadrāgēsima diēs fortieth day

Words nearby Quadragesima

quadplay, quadplex, quadr-, quadra, quadragenarian, Quadragesima, Quadragesimal, quadrangle, quadrangular, quadrans, quadrant
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Example sentences from the Web for Quadragesima

  • This status continued through Lent, and hence the incepting bachelor was described as stans in quadragesima.

    Cambridge|Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
  • The diet is to be the same as in Quadragesima; clerks not observing these rogations are to be punished by the bishop.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Quadragesima

Quadragesima
/ (ˌkwɒdrəˈdʒɛsɪmə) /

noun

Also called: Quadragesima Sunday the first Sunday in Lent
obsolete the forty days of Lent

Word Origin for Quadragesima

C16: from Medieval Latin quadrāgēsima dies the fortieth day
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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