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Definition of Quadragesima
1. Noun. The first Sunday in Lent.
Definition of Quadragesima
1. n. The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Definition of Quadragesima
1. Proper noun. Lent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Quadragesima
1. The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. Origin: L, fr. Quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. Quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadragesima
Literary usage of Quadragesima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Early History of the Vulgate Gospels by John Chapman (1908)
"1-5 ad romanos initium sub titulo xl secundo ieiunio 33 IN quadragesima DOMINICA
II Lectio in quadragesima Rom. xiii. So-xiv-4 ad romanos snb titulo ..."
2. Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster, otherwise, Annala Senait, Annals of Senat; a by Cathal Mac Maghnusa Maguire, Royal Irish Academy (1901)
"The original meaning is shown in the Secret of the Mass for quadragesima Sunday:
... Todd Ltd. Series end of the controversy. Init= quadragesima Sunday ..."
3. The Christian Year: Its Purpose and Its History by Walker Gwynne (1915)
"The Latin name is quadragesima, which signifies fortieth, in reference to the
... The word quadragesima is also used once in the Prayer Book for the First ..."
4. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"... proxima quadragesima et semel intrat preter formam. eodem die ... in quadragesima
sibi sufficiant, etc. Hec est concessa contra quod ..."
5. Notae Latinae: An Account of Abbreviation in Latin Mss. of the Early by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1915)
"114. quadragesima. The occasional (arbitrary) shortening of this Christian dating
may be exemplified by Laon 201 (Cambrai, 9 cent. ..."
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