Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Septuagesima"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Septuagesima \Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma\, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus
the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.)
The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is
about seventy days before Easter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Septuagesima
n : the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn:
{Septuagesima}, {Septuagesima Sunday}]
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