Quadragesima
/ˌkwɒdrəˈdʒɛsɪmə
/(also Quadragesima Sunday)
noun
The first Sunday in Lent.At one time only operas with religious themes could be staged during Quadragesima.
Origin
From ecclesiastical Latin, feminine of Latin quadragesimus 'fortieth', from quadraginta 'forty' (Lent lasting forty days).
- close the books
- close the door on (or to)
- close to home
- close to one's heart
- close to (or close on)
- close to (or near) the bone
- close to the bone
- closet play
- close up
- close up
- close with
- closing credits
- closing date
- closing order
- closing price
- closing time
- closish
- clostridial
- clostridium
- closure
- clot
- clotbur
- clot-buster
- clot-busting
- cloth