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Definition of: septuagesima

(sep′choomacr·ə·jes′ə·mə, sep′·toomacr-) noun
A period of 70 days. [<L septuagesima (dies) the seventieth (day), fem. of septuagesimus seventieth <septuaginta seventy]
—sep′tu·a·ges′i·mal adjective

Definition of: Septuagesima

(sep′choomacr·ə·jes′ə·mə, sep′·toomacr-) noun
The third Sunday before Lent. Also Septuagesima Sunday. [<L, seventieth, on analogy with Quadragesima, Quinquagesima]

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