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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Septuagesima¹

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

Example Sentences

The same, daily from Septuagesima to Palm Sunday on condition that one receive Holy Communion and recite seven Our Fathers, seven Hail Marys and seven Glorias for the needs of the Church.

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Tract, trakt, n. something drawn out or extended: continued duration: a region, area: a short treatise: an anthem sung instead of the Alleluia after the gradual, or instead of it, from Septuagesima till Easter-eve.—n.

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K. From Septuagesima to Holy Saturday, everything in the liturgy breathes a profound sadness.

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But Savonarola could not long keep silence, and in the following February, 1498, on Septuagesima Sunday, he again ascended the pulpit of the Duomo.

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The Paschal Season extends from Septuagesima Sunday to Low Sunday, a period of seventy days.

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