LENTEN


Meaning of LENTEN in English

/len"tn/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or suitable for Lent.

2. suggesting Lent, as in austerity, frugality, or rigorousness; meager.

Also, lenten .

[ ME, orig. attributive use of lenten LENT, later taken as adj. ending in -EN 2 ]

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