quadragesima

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Quad=ra=ges=i=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

quadragesima, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.].

 The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.  [1913 Webster]

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quadragesima, n. the first Sunday in Lent.

Etymology

LL, fem. of L quadragesimus fortieth f. quadraginta forty, Lent having 40 days

ROGET THESAURUS

quadragesima

Fasting

N fasting, xerophagy, famishment, starvation, fast, jour maigre, fast day, banyan day, Lent, quadragesima, Ramadan, Ramazan, spare diet, meager diet, lenten diet, lenten entertainment, soupe maigre, short commons, Barmecide feast, short rations, lenten, quadragesimal, unfed, starved, half-starved, fasting, hungry.