1) Christian holy day 2) Christian Sunday observance 3) Quinquagesima sunday 4) Shrove Sunday 5) Sunday before Lent 6) The Sunday before Lent
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Quinquagesima is the name used in the Western Church for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. It is also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, or Shrove Sunday. == Etymology == The name Quinquagesima originates from Latin quinquagesimus (fiftieth). This is in reference to the fifty days before Easter Day using inclusive counting which...
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• (a.) Fiftieth.
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In the Christian church calendar, the Sunday before Lent and 50 days before Easter. ...
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Quin`qua·ges'i·ma adjective [ Latin , from
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; -- cal...
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[n] - the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
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Quinquagesima In the Christian liturgical calendar, the Sunday before Lent, seven weeks or the fiftieth day before Easter.
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Quinquagesima Sunday noun the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
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the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
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