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Septuagesima

[ sep-choo-uh-jes-uh-muh, -too-, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. the third Sunday before Lent.


Septuagesima

/ ˌsɛptjʊəˈdʒɛsɪmə /

noun

  1. the third Sunday before Lent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Septuagesima1

1350–1400; < Late Latin septuāgēsima ( diēs ) the seventieth (day), feminine of septuāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to septuāgintā seventy; replacing Middle English septuages ( i ) me < Old French < Late Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Septuagesima1

C14: from Church Latin septuāgēsima ( dīes ) the seventieth (day); compare Quinquagesima
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Example Sentences

Renard assured her that the prince should be in her arms before Septuagesima, and all her trials would be over.

The same consideration applies to the tracts, the use of which he extended in Septuagesima.

Septuagesima Sunday, when the first chapter of Genesis is read.

But on the feasts of Saints on Septuagesima and Advent, violet or black is not to be used.

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