Sexagesima Sunday
Look at other dictionaries:
sexagesima sunday — noun see sexagesima * * * Sex|a|ges|i|ma «SEHK suh JEHS uh muh», noun, or Sexagesima Sunday, the second Sunday before Lent. ╂[< Latin sexāgēsima (literally) sixtieth < sexāgintā sixty] … Useful english dictionary
Sexagesima — Sexagesima, or, in full, Sexagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the Gregorian Rite liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protestant denominations, particularly those with… … Wikipedia
Sexagesima — [sek΄sə jā′zi mə, sek΄səjes′i mə] n. [ME sexagesime < LL(Ec) sexagesima (dies) < fem. of L sexagesimus, sixtieth (+ dies, day)] former name for the second Sunday before Lent: also Sexagesima Sunday … English World dictionary
Sexagesima — /sek seuh jes euh meuh, jay zeuh /, n. the second Sunday before Lent. Also called Sexagesima Sunday. [1350 1400; ME < L sexagesima (dies) sixtieth (day), fem. of sexagesimus, ordinal corresponding to sexaginta sixty] * * * … Universalium
Sexagesima — /sɛksəˈdʒɛsəmə/ (say seksuh jesuhmuh) noun the second Sunday before Lent (more fully, Sexagesima Sunday). {Latin sexāgēsima (dies) sixtieth day} …
Sexagesima — • The eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before Lent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sexagesima Sexagesima † … Catholic encyclopedia
Sunday — is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In the Jewish law it is the first day of the Hebrew calendar week. In many Christian traditions it is the Christian Sabbath, which replaced the Jewish Shabbat.… … Wikipedia
Sexagesima — Sex a*ges i*ma, n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.] (Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent; so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sexagesima — The second Sunday before Lent is so called, because it is about sixty days before Easter; Sexagesima meaning sixtieth. See Septuagesima … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Sexagesima — Sex•a•ges•i•ma [[t]ˌsɛk səˈdʒɛs ə mə[/t]] n. rel the second Sunday before Lent • Etymology: 1350–1400; < L sexāgēsima sixtieth, fem. of sexāgēsimus, der. of sexāgintā sixty … From formal English to slang
