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Lent⋅en

[len-tn]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or suitable for Lent.
2. suggesting Lent, as in austerity, frugality, or rigorousness; meager.
Also, lenten.


Origin:
ME, orig. attributive use of lenten Lent, later taken as adj. ending in -en 2
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Lent·en   (lěn'tən)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to Lent: Lenten observances.

  2. Characteristic of or appropriate to Lent; meager: Lenten meals.

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