First Known Use: 14th century
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Septuagesima
noun Sep·tu·a·ge·si·ma \ˌsep-tə-wə-ˈje-sə-mə, -ˈjā-zə-\
Definition of SEPTUAGESIMA
: the third Sunday before Lent
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Origin of SEPTUAGESIMA
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, feminine of septuagesimus seventieth, from septuaginta seventy; from its being approximately seventy days before Easter
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