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Definition: Quadragesima |
QuadragesimaNoun1. 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: QuadragesimaSynonym: Quadrigesima Sunday (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Quadragesima |
| Non-English Usage: "Quadragesima" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (quadragesima), Latin (lent). |
Expression using "Quadragesima": Quadragesima Sunday. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 quaresma (Lent), domingo de quadragésima. (various references) великий пост (lent). (various references) veliki post (lent, shrovetide). (various references) cuadragésima. (various references) första söndagen i fastan. (various references) วันอาทิตย์แรกของฤ"ูถือบวชในศาสนาคริสต์, ซึ่งเป็นวันอาทิตย์แรกของฤ"ูถือบวชในศาสนาคริสต์. (various references) неділя першого тижня великого посту, піст (fasten, fasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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