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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

septuagesimus

the seventieth, fr.

septuaginta

seventy.]

(Eccl.)

The third Sunday before Lent; – so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Noun.

[L. septuagesimus, seventieth.] THe third Sunday before Lent, or before

Quadragesima Sunday, supposed to be called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

See also: septuagesima and Septuagesima

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