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Quadragesima

Definition: Quadragesima

Quadragesima

Noun

1. The first Sunday in Lent.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, noun. [Latin expression, from quadragesimus the fortieth, from quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Quadragesima

Synonym: Quadrigesima Sunday (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Quadragesima

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Fasting

Fast, jour maigre; fast day, banyan day; Lent, quadragesima; Ramadan, Ramazan; spare diet, meager diet; lenten diet, lenten entertainment; soupe maigre, short commons, Barmecide feast; short rations.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Quadragesima

Non-English Usage: "Quadragesima" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (quadragesima), Latin (lent).

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Expression: Quadragesima

Expression using "Quadragesima": Quadragesima Sunday. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quadragesima

Language Translations for "Quadragesima"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

e diel (first day, sabbath, Sunday). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сиропусна неделя. (various references)

   

Czech

  

ètyřicet dní před velikonocemi. (various references)

   

German

  

quadragesima. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυριακή τησ ορθοδοξίασ, πρώτη κυριακή τησ μεγάλησ τεσσαρακοστήσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nagyböjt elsõ vasárnapja. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adragesimaquay

   

Portuguese

  

quaresma (Lent), domingo de quadragésima. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

великий пост (lent). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

veliki post (lent, shrovetide). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuadragésima. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

första söndagen i fastan. (various references)

   

Thai

  

วันอาทิตย์แรกของฤ"ูถือบวชในศาสนาคริสต์, ซึ่งเป็นวันอาทิตย์แรกของฤ"ูถือบวชในศาสนาคริสต์. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

неділя першого тижня великого посту, піст (fasten, fasting). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Quadragesima"

Words rhyming with "Quadragesima" (pronounced 'Quad`ra*ges"i*ma'): Aboma, Aceldama, Adenoma, Adipoma, Agama, Amalgama, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Anathema, Angienchyma, Anhima, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, Bothrenchyma, BRAHMA, Brama, Branchiostoma, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Collenchyma, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, Gnathostoma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Quadragesima

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-g-i-m-q-r-s-u"

-3 letters: quadrigae, quagmires.

-4 letters: damagers, diagrams, madeiras, marquise, misgrade, quadriga, quagmire, queridas, smaragde, smudgier, squirmed, uraemias.

-5 letters: admires, amidase, aquaria, aramids, armadas, damager, damages, degamis, desugar, diagram, gaudier, gaudies, gisarme, guiders, guisard, imagers, madeira, marauds, marques, marquis, masquer, mirages, misread, querida, radiums, remudas, residua, samurai, sedarim, sidearm, smaragd, squamae, squared, squired, sudaria, sugared, uraemia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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