Definition of Lent. Meaning of Lent. Synonyms of Lent

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Definition of Lent

Lent
Lent Lent (l[e^]nt), imp. & p. p. of Lend.
Lent
Lent Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.
Lent
Lent Lent, a. [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See Lenient.] 1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. (Mus.) See Lento.

Meaning of Lent from wikipedia

- Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting...
- The Lent International Summer Festival is a major arts festival held for approximately two w****s at the end of June annually in Maribor, Slovenia. Organized...
- Look up lent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lent, in Western Christianity, is the period before the Christian holy day of Easter. Lent may also refer...
- Lent is a neighbourhood of Nijmegen and former village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the muni****lity of Nijmegen, about 2 km north...
- to the 40 days fasting of Lent, given its w****end breaks, this was called Quadragesima Sancti Martini (Saint Martin's Lent, or literally "the fortieth...
- Lenting is a muni****lity in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany. The mayor is since April 2012 Christian Tauer (SPD): Liste der ersten...
- Christmas, which also has been called the Nativity Fast and St. Martin's Lent, has taken the name of Advent. The Eastern fast runs for 40 days instead...
- Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the...
- John Lent is a Canadian poet and novelist, as well as a college teacher of creative writing and literature. He has published ten books from 1978 to 2012...
- Great Lent, or the Great Fast (Gr****: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή, Megali Tessarakosti or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, Megali Nisteia, meaning "Great 40 Days", and "Great Fast"...