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Webster 1913 Edition
Quinquagesima
Quinˊqua-ges′i-ma
,Adj.
Fiftieth.
Quinquagesima Sunday
, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; – called also
Shrove Sunday
.Webster 1828 Edition
Quinquagesima
QUINQUAGES'IMA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Quinquagesima
Quinquagesima
English
Noun
Quinquagesima
- (Christianity) a Sunday in the Christian calendar. It is 50 days, using inclusive counting, backwards, from Easter Sunday.
Translations
a Sunday in the Christian calendar
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See also
quinquagesima
quinquagesima
Latin
Adjective
quinquāgēsima
- nominative feminine singular of quinquāgēsimus
- nominative neuter plural of quinquāgēsimus
- accusative neuter plural of quinquāgēsimus
- vocative feminine singular of quinquāgēsimus
- vocative neuter plural of quinquāgēsimus
quinquāgēsimā
- ablative feminine singular of quinquāgēsimus
References
- QUINQUAGESIMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- quinquagesima in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quinquagesima in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin