Category:Quadragesima

Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. Etym: [l., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. Quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See four.] (eccl.)

Defn: the forty days of fast preceding easter; lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first sunday in lent, about forty days before easter.