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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Sexagesima. The second Sunday before Lent, eight weeks before Easter. See also QUINQUAGESIMA.

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