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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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2003
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Religion
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(Lat., ‘fortieth [day]’).

Another name for the forty days of Lent, or for the first Sunday in Lent, six

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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2010
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History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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[Latin, ‘fortieth’] Term for the forty days of *Lent, beginning with *Ash Wednesday but not reckoned to include the

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

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2006

the forty days of Lent. The name comes from ecclesiastical Latin, ultimately from Latin quadraginta ‘forty’.

Quadragesima Sunday the first Sunday in Lent....

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