quinquagesima

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Quin=qua=ges=i=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

quinquagesima, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.].

 Fiftieth.  [1913 Webster]

Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quinquagesima, n. (in full Quinquagesima Sunday) the Sunday before the beginning of Lent.

Etymology

med.L, fem. of L quinquagesimus fiftieth f. quinquaginta fifty, after QUADRAGESIMA