Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LENTEN
a.Pertaining to lent; used in lent; sparing; as a lenten entertainment; a lenten salad.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LENTEN
LENTEN Lent "en, n.
Defn: Lent. [Obs. ] Piers Plowman.
LENTEN
Lent "en, a. Etym: [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ]
1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood. And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. Dryden.
2. Spare, meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. "Lenten entertainment. " " Lenten answer. " Shak. " Lenten suit. " Beau. & Fl. Lenten color, black or violet. F. G. Lee.
LENTENTIDE
LENTENTIDE Lent "en *tide `, n.
Defn: The season of Lenten or Lent.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Lenten
Lent en |ˈlent (ə )n ˈlɛntən | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] of, in, or appropriate to Lent: Lenten food. ORIGIN Old English lencten ‘spring, Lent, ’ of Germanic origin, related to long 1 (perhaps with reference to the lengthening of the day in spring ); now interpreted as being from Lent + -en 2 .
Lenten fare
Lent ¦en fare ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly archaic food appropriate to Lent, especially that without meat.
Lenten rose
Lent ¦en rose ▶noun a hellebore that is cultivated for its flowers which appear in late winter or early spring. ●Helleborus orientalis, family Ranunculaceae.
Oxford Dictionary
Lenten
Lent ¦en |ˈlɛnt (ə )n | ▶adjective of, in, or appropriate to Lent: Lenten food. ORIGIN Old English lencten ‘spring, Lent ’, of Germanic origin, related to long 1 (perhaps with reference to the lengthening of the day in spring ); now interpreted as being from Lent + -en 2 .
Lenten fare
Lent ¦en fare ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly archaic food appropriate to Lent, especially that without meat.
Lenten rose
Lent ¦en rose ▶noun a hellebore that is cultivated for its flowers which appear in late winter or early spring. ●Helleborus orientalis, family Ranunculaceae.
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