Septuagesima - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Septuagesima : (noun)

1: the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Septuagesima : \Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma\, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)