Definition of Lent

1. Noun. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.

Exact synonyms: Lententide
Group relationships: Church Calendar, Ecclesiastical Calendar
Terms within: Good Friday, Ash Wednesday
Generic synonyms: Season

Definition of Lent

1. n. 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.

2. a. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Definition of Lent

1. Proper noun. Period of penitence for Christians before Easter. ¹

2. Verb. (past of lend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lent

1. lend [v] - See also: lend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lent

Leninists
Lenkoran
Lennard
Lennert's lesion
Lennert's lymphoma
Lennoaceae
Lennon
Lennox
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Lennox Robinson
Lenny
Lenoir's facet
Lenore
Lens culinaris
Lent (current term)
Lent lilies
Lent lily
Lente Iletin
Lenten
Lenten Moon
Lententide
Lentia
Lentibulariaceae
Lentinus
Lentinus edodes
Lentinus lepideus
Lentivirinae
Lenz's law
Leo Delibes

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