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Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the
fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See
{Four}.] (Eccl.)
The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
{Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty
days before Easter.
Quadragesima
n : the first Sunday in Lent [syn: {Quadrigesima Sunday}]