SEXAGESIMA


Meaning of SEXAGESIMA in English

/sek'seuh jes"euh meuh, -jay"zeuh-/ , n.

the second Sunday before Lent. Also called Sexagesima Sunday .

[ 1350-1400; ME sexagesima ( dies ) sixtieth (day), fem. of sexagesimus, ordinal corresponding to sexaginta sixty ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .