quadragesima Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the first Sunday in Lent
    Quadrigesima Sunday.

WordNet

Quad`ra*ges"i*ma noun
Etymology
L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

Webster 1913