QUINQUAGESIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quinquagesima mean? 

• QUINQUAGESIMA (noun)
  The noun QUINQUAGESIMA has 1 sense:

1. the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

  Familiarity information: QUINQUAGESIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUINQUAGESIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Quinquagesima; Quinquagesima Sunday

Hypernyms ("Quinquagesima" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)