About The Word Lent
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Lent
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What's The Definition Of Lent?
[n] a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
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imp. & p. p. of {Lend}.
\Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. {Lent lily} (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring. \Lent\, a. [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See {Lenient}.] 1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. (Mus.) See {Lento}. |
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