‖n. [ L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four. ] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. quadragésimal. ] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]