Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday) is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied also to the period that begins on this day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins. This period is also known as the pre-Lenten season or Shrovetide. The other ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagesima
Sep`tu·a·ges'i·ma noun [ New Latin , from Latin septuagesimus the seventieth, from septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/70