Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Shrove Sunday.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A period of fifty days.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fiftieth.
- adjective the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also
Shrove Sunday .
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- noun Christianity a
Sunday in theChristian calendar . It is 50 days, using inclusive counting, backwards, fromEaster Sunday.
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- noun the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
Etymologies
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Examples
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And thus is one week put, which is called the Quinquagesima, after this that S. Ambrose saith.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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The Sunday called Quinquagesima is read in the church the history of the holy patriarch Abraham which was the son of Terah.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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And this noble Baron yielded up his soul, which was pure and without spot, to God, on that Sunday which is called Quinquagesima, being the twenty and ninth of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand and ninety and nine, and in the seventy and third year of his life.
Heroes Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880
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And when the Cid Ruydiez had said this, this noble Baron yielded up his soul, which was pure and without spot, to God, on that Sunday which is called Quinquagesima, being the twenty and ninth of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand and ninety and nine, and in the seventy and third year of his life.
Chronicle of the Cid Various 1808
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The eastern Churches, faithful to their ancient traditions, have kept up a most rigorous abstinence ever since the Monday of Quinquagesima week.
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It was served by male members of Juventutem from various countries, while others – boys and girls alike – joined in the schola to sing the Gregorian kyriale and proper of the Quinquagesima Sunday.
Juventutem News 2009
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All the faithful in the Apostolates are encouraged to join in these prayers and that the Masses on that Sunday Quinquagesima would be offered for this intention as well.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The famous liturgist, Abbot Gueranger, gives a description of the ceremony "of the Wednesday in Quinquagesima:"
Archive 2009-02-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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The famous liturgist, Abbot Gueranger, gives a description of the ceremony "of the Wednesday in Quinquagesima:"
Ash Wednesday elena maria vidal 2009
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From the Gospel for the Sunday in Quinquagesima, Luke xviii, 31: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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