Septuagesima

Septuagesima
/sep'chooh euh jes"euh meuh, -tooh-, -tyooh-/
n. the third Sunday before Lent. Also called Septuagesima Sunday.
[1350-1400; < LL septuagesima (dies) the seventieth (day), fem. of septuagesimus, ordinal corresponding to septuaginta seventy; r. ME septuages(i)me < OF < LL, as above]

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  • Septuagesĭma — Septuagesĭma, der dritte Sonntag vor der Fastenzeit u. ist ungefähr der 70. Tag vor Ostern (daher der Name S., der siebenzigste). Einige Christen pflegten früher von da an schon zu fasten, andere mit dem folgenden Sonntag, welcher Sexuagesima… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Septuagesĭma — (lat.), der dritte Sonntag vor Aschermittwoch und ungefähr der »siebzigste« Tag vor Ostern, galt, ehe Aschermittwoch dazu bestimmt wurde, als Anfang der Fastenzeit …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Septuagesima — Sep|tu|a|ge|si|ma 〈ohne Artikel〉 neunter Sonntag vor Ostern [<lat. (dies) septuagesima „der 70. (Tag vor Ostern)“] * * * Sep|tu|a|ge|si|ma, die; , selten auch, wenn o. Art.: …mä <meist o. Art.> [mlat. septuagesima, eigtl. = der… …   Universal-Lexikon

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