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quadragesimal

quadragesimal adjective: that lasts forty days.

Adjective

quadragesimal (not comparable)

  1. That lasts forty days
  2. Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
  3. Of, related to, or based on the number forty.

Origin of quadragesimal

From Quadragesima + -al.

Questions about quadragesimal

What does quadragesimal mean?
Quadragesimal means that lasts forty days.
What part of speech is quadragesimal?
Quadragesimal is an adjective.

Words near quadragesimal in the dictionary

  1. quadragenerian
  2. quadragenerians
  3. quadragenes
  4. Quadragesima
  5. Quadragesima Sunday
  6. quadragesimal
  7. quadragesimalia
  8. quadragesimo-octavo
  9. quadragesimo-octavos
  10. quadragintillion
  11. quadragintireme

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