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sexagesima
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
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