septuagesima

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Sep=tu=a=ges=i=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

septuagesima, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.].

 The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

septuagesima, n. (in full Septuagesima Sunday) the Sunday before Sexagesima.

Etymology

ME f. L, = seventieth (day), formed as SEPTUAGINT, perh. after QUINQUAGESIMA or with ref. to the period of 70 days from Septuagesima to the Saturday after Easter