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carenes

carenes is the plural of carene.

Meaning of carene

Noun (1)

carene (uncountable)

  1. (historical, obsolete, rare) Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”).
    Synonyms:
    carenum

Noun (2)

carene (plural carenes)

  1. (historical, rare) A 40-day fast or period of similar abstinence.
  2. (historical, rare) An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
    • You have with much labour, and some charge, purchased to your self so many Quadragenes or Lents of pardon; that is, you have bought off the penances of so many times forty dayes. It is well; but were you well advised, it may be your Quadragenes are not Carenes; that is, are not a quitting the...1664, Jeremy Taylor, A Disswasive from Popery to the People of Ireland, page 93
    Synonyms:
    quadragene

Noun (3)

carene (plural carenes)

  1. (obsolete) The lower portion of a marine animal's shell, covering its mantle.

Questions about carenes

What is carenes the plural of?
Carenes is the plural of carene.

Words near carenes in the dictionary

  1. caremongers
  2. caren
  3. carena
  4. carenage
  5. carene
  6. carenes
  7. Carens
  8. Carentan
  9. carenum
  10. carer
  11. carers

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