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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUADRAGESIMAL

a.[supra. ] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent.

 

QUADRAGESIMALS

n.plu. [supra. ] Offerings formerly made to the mother church on mid-lent Sunday.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUADRAGESIMAL

Quad `ra *ges "i *mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quadragésimal.]

 

Defn: Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.

 

QUADRAGESIMALS

QUADRAGESIMALS Quad `ra *ges "i *mals, n. pl.

 

Defn: Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quadragesimal

quad ra ges i mal |ˌkwädrəˈjesəməl ˌkwɑdrəˈʤɛsəməl | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] archaic (of a fast, esp. one in Lent ) lasting forty days. • belonging or appropriate to the period of Lent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quadragesimal

quadra |gesi ¦mal |ˌkwɒdrəˈdʒɛsɪm (ə )l | ▶adjective archaic (of a fast, especially one in Lent ) lasting forty days. • belonging or appropriate to the period of Lent.