Found 2 items, similar to Quinquagesima.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Quinquagesima Quinquagesima n : the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: Quinquagesima Sunday]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Quinquagesima Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.] Fiftieth. [1913 Webster] Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday. [1913 Webster]