Definition of Quinquagesima Sunday

1. Noun. The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent).

Exact synonyms: Quinquagesima
Generic synonyms: Christian Holy Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinquagesima Sunday

Quindecemvir
Quindecemviri
Quindecemvirs
Quine
Quinean
Quinian
Quinidex
Quinkan
Quinkans
Quinlan's test
Quinn
Quinne
Quinny
Quinora
Quinquagesima
Quinquagesima Sunday (current term)
Quinquatria
Quinquatrias
Quintana Roo
Quintation
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
Quirite
Quirites
Quirkian
Quiscalus
Quiscalus quiscula
Quitman
Quito
Quiverfull
Quixote

Literary usage of Quinquagesima Sunday

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Year: Thought in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays by John Keble (1856)
"... Quinquagesima Sunday. I do set My bow in the cloud, and it snail be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. Genesis ix. 13. ..."

2. The Lord's Prayer: Nine Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincoln's Inn by Frederick Denison Maurice (1872)
"Quinquagesima Sunday. THY Wm, BB DONE, AS IN HEAVEN, so IN EARTH. — Luke xi. 2. prayer we considered last week could ,*- not easily be separated from the ..."

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