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Definition of Quinquagesima 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.

Meaning of Quinquagesima Sunday from wikipedia

- Quinquagesima (/ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə/), in the Western Christian Churches, is the last pre-Lenten Sunday, being the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and the first...
- Selection Sunday Septuagesima, ****agesima and Quinquagesima Sunday are the last three Sundays before Lent. Quinquagesima ("fiftieth"), is the fiftieth day before...
- other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called ****agesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest...
- People's Sunday – First Sunday of Lent at Żabbar, Malta Quadragesima Sunday – The first Sunday in the season of Lent Quinquagesima – Sunday before Ash...
- Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Gr****, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection...
- Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an...
- Divine Mercy Sunday, the Octave Day of Easter, White Sunday (Latin: Dominica in albis), Quasimodo Sunday, Bright Sunday and Low Sunday. In Eastern Christianity...
- as Denmark mark Shrove Sunday (Quinquagesima Sunday) as the peak of the Fastelavn. After attending the M**** on Shrove Sunday, congregants enjoy Shrovetide...
- flog their parents to wake them up on the morning of Fastelavns Sunday (Quinquagesima). Fastelavnsris ("fastlagsris" in Swedish) have many shapes and...
- there are exactly forty days from Quadragesima Sunday until Good Friday. However, like Quinquagesima, ****agesima and Septuagesima, the numeral is more...