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Quinquagesima
[kwing-kwuh-jes-uh-muh, kwin-]
noun
the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
Quinquagesima
/ ˌɪŋəˈɛɪə /
noun
Also called: Quinquagesima Sunday.the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent
Other Word Forms
- Quinquagesimal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Quinquagesima1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Quinquagesima1
Example Sentences
I saw it on Quinquagesima Sunday, when the devotion of the Forty Hours was in progress.
In most Roman Catholic countries it begins with Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before Lent.
Pre-Lenten Season.—The name commonly given to the weeks preceding Lent covered by the three Sundays entitled, Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima.
Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six | Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter.
On Wednesday before Easter the man who was excommunicated on Sunday Quinquagesima from our congregation, came to me after having separated from the woman with whom he was not married.
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When To Use
Quinquagesima is another name for Shrove Sunday, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the first of the three days of Shrovetide.Shrovetide is the three-day period before the beginning of Lent, which is the season of fasting and penitence that precedes Easter. Shrovetide starts on Quinquagesima and is followed by Shrove Monday and Shrove Tuesday.Quinquagesima is sometimes called Quinquagesima Sunday.
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