Quinquagesima

Quinquagesima [kwing-kwuh-jes-uh-muh, kwin-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.

Origin of Quinquagesima 1350–1400; Middle English Medieval Latin, short for Latin quīnquāgēsima diēs fiftieth dayRelated formsQuin·qua·ges·i·mal, adjective Examples from the Web for quinquagesima Historical Examples of quinquagesima

A calf bought for the convent for Quinquagesima Sunday (Shrovetide), 9d.

English Monastic Life

Abbot Gasquet

Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before the beginning of Lent.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

Edited by Rev. James Wood

Quinquagesima, kwin-kwa-jes′i-ma, n. a period of fifty days.

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)

Various

British Dictionary definitions for quinquagesima Quinquagesima noun

1. the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, the beginning of LentAlso called: Quinquagesima Sunday

Word Origin for Quinquagesima C14: via Medieval Latin from Latin quinquāgēsima diēs fiftieth day