'Quadragesima' definitions:
Definition of 'Quadragesima'
(from WordNet)
noun
The first Sunday in Lent [syn: Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday]
Definition of 'Quadragesima'
From: 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]