Found 2 items, similar to septuagesima.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Septuagesima Septuagesima n : the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: Septuagesima Sunday]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Septuagesima 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. [1913 Webster]