sexagesima

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Sex=a=ges=i=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

sexagesima, n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.].

 The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sexagesima, n. the Sunday before Quinquagesima.

Etymology

ME f. eccl.L, = sixtieth (day), prob. named loosely as preceding QUINQUAGESIMA