Quadragesima
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: Quadragesima Sunday. the first Sunday in Lent
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obsolete the forty days of Lent
Etymology
Origin of Quadragesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin quadrāgēsima, short for Latin quadrāgēsima diēs fortieth day
Example Sentences
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The first Sunday in Lent is also called Quadragesima Sunday, which is derived from the Latin words meaning "fortieth," as this first Sunday is exactly 40 days before Easter.
From Fox News • Mar. 6, 2022
Pius XI's admonition on the social apostolate to workers in Quadragesima Anno�"All candidates for the sacred priesthood must be adequately prepared to meet it by intense study of social matters"�is also being heeded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Possibly it is from this allegory of paradise that the rite of the "golden rose" which the Pope blesses on Quadragesima Sunday is derived.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six | Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter.
From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland
He expired in great agony on Quadragesima Sunday, 1003, while celebrating mass in this church, the classic name of which he seems not to have known.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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