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Quinquagesima (/ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə/), in the
Western Christian Churches, is the last pre-Lenten Sunday,
being the
Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and the first...
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Sundays in this
period of the
liturgical year are
called ****agesima and
Quinquagesima, the
latter sometimes also
called Shrove Sunday. The
earliest date on...
- ****agesimus,
meaning "sixtieth", and
appears to be a back-formation of
Quinquagesima, the term
formerly used to
denote the last
Sunday before Lent. The latter...
- Some
Lutheran churches celebrate it on the
Sunday before Lent, or
Quinquagesima. In the
Eastern Orthodox and the
Eastern Catholic Churches, the Baptism...
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Carnival observances and
celebrations of the w****
before Lent,
following Quinquagesima or
Shrove Sunday and
preceding Shrove Tuesday or
Mardi Gras. The word...
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William Caxton noted that this patriarch's life was read in
church on
Quinquagesima Sunday. He is the
patron saint of
those in the
hospitality industry...
- of this period, it
lists the
number of w****s
between Christmas and
Quinquagesima. This is the
first known instance of a
tabular form of
perpetual calendar...
- pre-Lenten
period lasts two and a half w****s, encomp****ing ****agesima and
Quinquagesima. It
concludes with
Carnival and
Shrove Tuesday. This
period opens an...
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Selection Sunday Septuagesima, ****agesima and
Quinquagesima Sunday are the last
three Sundays before Lent.
Quinquagesima ("fiftieth"), is the
fiftieth day before...
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occurs at the
close of the
Christian pre-Lenten period,
consisting of
Quinquagesima or
Shrove Sunday,
Shrove Monday, and
Shrove Tuesday or
Mardi Gras. Carnival...
