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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

quadragena

, fr. L.

quadrageni

forty each, akin to

quadraginta

forty.]

(R. C. Ch.)

An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.

Noun.

[L. quadrageni.] A papal indulgence multiplying remissions by forties.

quadragene ‎(plural quadragenes)