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Webster 1913 Edition


Sexagesima


Sexˊa-ges′i-ma

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Noun.
[L., fem. of
sexagesimus
sixtieth, fr.
sexaginta
sixty.]
(Eccl.)
The second Sunday before Lent; – so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sexagesima

SEXAGES'IMA

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Noun.
[L. sexagesimus, sextieth.] The second Sunday before Lent, the next to Shrove-Sunday, so called as being the 60th day before Easter.

Definition 2024


Sexagesima

Sexagesima

See also: sexagesima and sexagésima

English

Noun

Sexagesima

  1. (Christianity) In the Christian calendar the Sunday two weeks before Lent, eight before Easter Sunday.

Synonyms

  • Exsurge (its introitus's opening word)
  • Dominica Carnisprivii

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sexagesima

sexagesima

See also: Sexagesima and sexagésima

Latin

Numeral

sexāgēsima

  1. feminine singular of sexāgēsimus
  2. neuter plural of sexāgēsimus
  3. accusative neuter plural of sexāgēsimus

sexāgēsimā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sexāgēsimus

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