Sexagesima

noun

Sex·​a·​ges·​i·​ma

ˌseksəˈjesəmə,

-jāzəmə

variants or less commonly Sexagesima Sunday

plural -s

: the second Sunday before Lent and the eighth before Easter in the church year as observed by various branches of the Christian church

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin sexagesima, from Latin, feminine of sexagesimus sixtieth

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