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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L., fr.

quinquagesimus

the fiftieth, akin to

quinquaginta

fifty,

quinque

five. See

Fiftieth.

Quinquagesima Sunday

the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; – called also

Shrove Sunday

Noun.

[L. fifty.] Quinquagesima Sunday, so called as being about the fiftieth day before Easter; Shrove Sunday.

See also: quinquagesima, Quinquagesima, and quinquagésima

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