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Lents

Lents is the plural of Lent.

Meaning of Lent

Noun

Lent (plural Lents)

  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
    • Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent.
    1. The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
    2. The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.
      • This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 [2026]. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites...2026 February 16, Alicia Eler, “Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026”, in Minnesota...
  2. (Myanmar) vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season

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Questions about Lents

What is Lents the plural of?
Lents is the plural of Lent.

Words near Lents in the dictionary

  1. lentors
  2. lentos
  3. lentour
  4. lentous
  5. Lentran
  6. Lents
  7. Lentsch
  8. Lentsches
  9. lentulid
  10. lentulids
  11. Lentvaris

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