'Septuagesima' definitions:

Definition of 'Septuagesima'

(from WordNet)
noun
The 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday]

Definition of 'Septuagesima'

From: 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]

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