Quadragesima
[ kwod-ruh-jes-uh-muh ]
/ ˌkwɒd rəˈdʒɛs ə mə /
noun
the first Sunday in Lent.
Origin of Quadragesima
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin
quadrāgēsima, short for Latin
quadrāgēsima diēs fortieth day
Example sentences from the Web for quadragesima
This status continued through Lent, and hence the incepting bachelor was described as stans in quadragesima.
Cambridge |Mildred Anna Rosalie TukerThe diet is to be the same as in Quadragesima; clerks not observing these rogations are to be punished by the bishop.
British Dictionary definitions for quadragesima
Quadragesima
/ (ˌkwɒdrəˈdʒɛsɪmə) /
noun
Also called: Quadragesima Sunday
the first Sunday in Lent
obsolete
the forty days of Lent
Word Origin for Quadragesima
C16: from Medieval Latin
quadrāgēsima dies the fortieth day