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septuagesima


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Septuagesima  \Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  L.  septuagesimus 
  the  seventieth,  fr  septuaginta  seventy.]  (Eccl.) 
  The  third  Sunday  before  Lent;  --  so  called  because  it  is 
  about  seventy  days  before  Easter. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Septuagesima 
  n  :  the  3rd  Sunday  before  Lent  (or  the  9th  before  Easter)  [syn: 
  {Septuagesima},  {Septuagesima  Sunday}] 




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