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Quinquagesima

Quinquagesima Meaning & Definition
Quinquagesima Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Quinquagesima?

[n] the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Quinquagesima: Quinquagesima Sunday

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See Also | Christian holy day

Quinquagesima In Webster's Dictionary

\Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See {Five}.] Fiftieth. {Quinquagesima Sunday}, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also {Shrove Sunday}.

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