Meaning of LENT
| Pronunciation: | | lent
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| | Definition: | | [n] a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday |
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| | Synonyms: | | Lententide |
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| | See Also: | | Ash Wednesday, church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar, Good Friday, season | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lent\ (l[e^]nt),
imp. & p. p. of {Lend}.
\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\, 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}.
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