Quadragene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadragene \Quad"ra*gene\, n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni
     forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.)
     An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days
     of ancient canonical penance.
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