English Explanatory Dictionary

Sexagesima Sunday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Catholic liturgical year, the eighth Sunday (i.e. the sixtieth—minus one—day) before Easter (and the second before Lent).

Word forms

Sexagesima Sunday Sexagesima Sundays Sexagesima

Etymology

Latin sexagesima, the feminine inflection of sexagesimus 'the sixtieth' + Sunday

Synonyms

Exsurge Dominica Carnisprivii
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