Category:Quinquagesima

Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. Etym: [l., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, Akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See five.]

Defn: fiftieth. Quinquagesima sunday, the sunday which is the Fiftieth day before easter, both days being included in the Reckoning; -- called also shrove sunday.