Quadragesima

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

  Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the
     fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See
     {Four}.] (Eccl.)
     The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty
        days before Easter.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Quadragesima
       n : the first Sunday in Lent [syn: {Quadrigesima Sunday}]