Definition of Lenten. Meaning of Lenten. Synonyms of Lenten

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Definition of Lenten

Lenten
Lenten Lent"en, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. ``Lenten entertainment.' `` Lenten answer.' --Shak. `` Lenten suit.' --Beau. & Fl. Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee.

Meaning of Lenten from wikipedia

- Holy Sa****ay, when the Easter Vigil is celebrated, though in either case, Lenten fasting observances are maintained until the evening of Holy Sa****ay. Sundays...
- A Lenten sacrifice is a spiritual practice where Christians, particularly Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Moravians and the United Protestants...
- A Lenten calendar or Lent calendar is a special calendar used by Western Christians to count the days of Lent in anti****tion of Easter. Lenten calendars...
- A Lenten veil (or Lenten cloth), known as a Fastentuch in German or velum quadragesimale in Latin, is a depiction of the P****ion of Christ on a large veil...
- A Lenten supper is a meal that takes place in the evenings to break the day's fast during the Christian liturgical season of Lent, which is widely observed...
- Postnaya Triod; Romanian: Triodul, Albanian: Triod/Triodi), also called the Lenten Triodion (Τριῴδιον κατανυκτικόν, Triodion katanyktikon), is a liturgical...
- poisonous. Despite common names such as winter rose, Christmas rose, and Lenten rose, ****ebores are not closely related to the rose family (Rosaceae)....
- Lenten shrouds are veils used to cover crucifixes, icons and some statues during P****iontide with some exceptions of those showing the suffering Christ...
- the Lenten Triodion, which contains the Lenten texts for the Daily Office (Canonical Hours) and Liturgies. The Triodion begins during the Pre-Lenten period...
- Christians begin Ash Wednesday by marking a Lenten calendar, praying a Lenten daily devotional, and making a Lenten sacrifice that they will not partake of...