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Quinquagesima

Quinquagesima noun: a moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).

Noun

Quinquagesima

  1. A moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).

Origin of Quinquagesima

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quinquagesima dies (“50th day”).

Questions about Quinquagesima

What does Quinquagesima mean?
Quinquagesima means a moveable feast in the Christian calendar on the Sunday 49 days before Easter Sunday (50 days counting inclusively).
What part of speech is Quinquagesima?
Quinquagesima is a noun.

Words near Quinquagesima in the dictionary

  1. quinquagenarians
  2. quinquagenaries
  3. quinquagenary
  4. quinquagene
  5. quinquagenes
  6. Quinquagesima
  7. quinquagesimal
  8. quinquagintillion
  9. quinquangle
  10. quinquangular
  11. quinquarticular

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