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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent);
[syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth. [1913 Webster] Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Quinquagesima Sunday n 1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday]