'Quadragesima Sunday' definitions:

Definition of 'Quadragesima Sunday'

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]