'Lenten' definitions:
Definition of 'lenten'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or suitable for Lent; "lenten food"
Definition of 'Lenten'
From: GCIDE
- Lenten \Lent"en\ (l[e^]nt"'n), n. Lent. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lenten'
From: GCIDE
- Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. [1913 Webster]
- She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. "Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer." --Shak. " Lenten suit." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee. [1913 Webster]