LENTEN


Meaning of LENTEN in English

adj. of, in, or appropriate to, Lent. Lenten fare food without meat.

[ orig. as noun, = spring, f. OE lencten f. Gmc, rel. to LONG(1), perh. with ref. to lengthening of the day in spring: now regarded as adj. f. LENT + -EN(2) ]

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