Septuagesima

[ sep-choo-uh-jes-uh-muh, -too-, -tyoo- ]
/ ˌsɛp tʃu əˈdʒɛs ə mə, -tu-, -tyu- /

noun

the third Sunday before Lent.
Also called Septuagesima Sunday.

Origin of Septuagesima

1350–1400; < Late Latin septuāgēsima ( diēs) the seventieth (day), feminine of septuāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to septuāgintā seventy; replacing Middle English septuages(i)me < Old French < Late Latin, as above

Example sentences from the Web for septuagesima

  • Renard assured her that the prince should be in her arms before Septuagesima, and all her trials would be over.

    The Reign of Mary Tudor |W. Llewelyn Williams.

  • The same consideration applies to the tracts, the use of which he extended in Septuagesima.

    St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music |E. G. P. Wyatt

  • Septuagesima Sunday, when the first chapter of Genesis is read.

    The Gospel of St. John |Frederick Denison Maurice

British Dictionary definitions for septuagesima

Septuagesima
/ (ˌsɛptjʊəˈdʒɛsɪmə) /

noun

the third Sunday before Lent

Word Origin for Septuagesima

C14: from Church Latin septuāgēsima ( dīes) the seventieth (day); compare Quinquagesima