sexagesima

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Noun
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Sex=a=ges=i=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

sexagesiman. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.].
     The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sexagesima, n. the Sunday before Quinquagesima.

Etymology
ME f. eccl.L, = sixtieth (day), prob. named loosely as preceding QUINQUAGESIMA

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