Quinquagesima
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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Quinquagesima †period beginning on the Sunday immediately preceding Lent and ending on Easter Eve XIV; (
Q. Sunday) the Sunday itself. XVII. — medL., sb. use of fem. of L.
quinquāgēsimus fiftieth, f.
quinquāgintā fifty; cf.
QUADRAGESIMA.
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