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LENTENTIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Synonyms:
Lent; Lententide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Lententide" is a kind of...):
season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)
Meronyms (parts of "Lententide"):
Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
Ash Wednesday (the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance)
Holonyms ("Lententide" is a part of...):
church calendar; ecclesiastical calendar (a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals)
