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Lent (It is a shortened form of "lencten", the Anglo-Saxon word for Spring. From the same root comes the word "lengthening", marked for the Anglo-Saxons the lengthening of the days. 13.05) |
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Quadragesima |
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great fast; easter fast; quadragesima sunday; lenten fast; lenten period; Lent (In the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter); Lenten season; Great Lent (rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church, including Western Rite Orthodoxy MichaelBurov) |
| relig., lat. |
Quadragesima (Lent, also the Fortieth Day Before Easter Breviary, сокр. Quadrag.) |
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| cleric. |
Lent |
| rel., christ. |
the Lent |
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период 7 недель перед пасхой, в течение которого верующие-христиане воздерживаются от скоромной пищи, не участвуют в увеселениях, не вступают в брак. Большой Энциклопедический словарь |
