Septuagesima

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

  Septuagesima \Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma\, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus
     the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.)
     The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is
     about seventy days before Easter.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Septuagesima
       n : the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn:
           {Septuagesima Sunday}]