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septuagesima sunday

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Sep⋅tu⋅a⋅ges⋅i⋅ma

[sep-choo-uh-jes-uh-muh, -too-, -tyoo-]
–noun
the third Sunday before Lent.
Also called Septuagesima Sunday.


Origin:
1350–1400; < LL septuāgēsima (diēs) the seventieth (day), fem. of septuāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to septuāgintā seventy; r. ME septuages(i)me < OF < LL, as above
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septuagesima sunday

noun
the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: Septuagesima
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