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[syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See
Five.]
Fiftieth.
[1913 Webster]
Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day
before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also Shrove Sunday.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Quinquagesima
n 1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
[syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday]