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Quinquagesima

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Quinquagesima /ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə/

▶noun the Sunday before the beginning of Lent.

– origin from med. L., fem. of L. quinquagesimus ‘fiftieth’, on the pattern of Quadragesima (because it is fifty days before Easter).

'Quinquagesima' also found in these Oxford entries:

Septuagesima - Sexagesima

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