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QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Quinquagesima Sunday mean?
• QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY (noun)
The noun QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY has 1 sense:
1. the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
Familiarity information: QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 Sunday" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
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