'Quinquagesima Sunday' definitions:
Definition of 'Quinquagesima Sunday'
From: WordNet
noun
The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday]
Definition of 'Quinquagesima Sunday'
From: GCIDE
- Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth. [1913 Webster]
- Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday. [1913 Webster]