LENTEN


Meaning of LENTEN in English

■ adjective of, in, or appropriate to Lent.

Origin

OE lencten 'spring, Lent', of Gmc origin, related to long 1 (perh. with ref. to the lengthening of the day in spring); now interpreted as being from Lent + -en 2 .

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