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Nonagesimal
Nonagesimal Non`a*ges"i*mal, a. [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Nonagesimal
Nonagesimal Non`a*ges"i*mal, n. (Astron.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
Quadragesima
Quadragesima Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
Quadragesima Sunday
Quadragesima Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
Quadragesimals
Quadragesimals Quad`ra*ges"i*mals, n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Quinquagesima
Quinquagesima Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth. Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday.
Quinquagesima Sunday
Quinquagesima Quin`qua*ges"i*ma, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth. Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday.
Septuagesima
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.
Septuagesimal
Septuagesimal Sep`tu*a*ges"i*mal, a. Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies. Our abridged and septuagesimal age. --Sir T. Browne.
Sexagesima
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.
Sexagesimal
Sexagesimal Sex`a*ges"i*mal, n. A sexagesimal fraction.
Vigesimal
Vigesimal Vi*ges"i*mal, a. [L. vigesimus twentieth, from viginti twenty.] Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts. --Tylor.
Vigesimation
Vigesimation Vi*ges`i*ma"tion, n. The act of putting to death every twentieth man. [R.]

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