Quin|qua|ges|i|ma

Quin|qua|ges|i|ma
Quin|qua|ges|i|ma «KWIHN kwuh JEHS uh muh», noun, or Quinquagesima Sunday,
the Sunday before the beginning of Lent; Shrove Sunday.
[< Latin quīnquāgēsima, feminine adjective, fiftieth (in Late Latin, the period from Easter to Whitsunday)]

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