SEPTUAGESIMA


Meaning of SEPTUAGESIMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsep-tə-wə-ˈje-sə-mə, -ˈjā-zə- ]

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

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