n.
Pronunciation: ˌ sep-t ə -w ə - ' je-s ə -m ə , - ' j ā -z ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, feminine of septuagesimus seventieth, from septuaginta seventy; from its being approximately seventy days before Easter
Date: 14th century
: the third Sunday before Lent