Etymology

Septuagesima

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Today it means: A Sunday in the Christian calendar nine weeks before Easter Sunday. Full definition →

Latin septuagesima dies
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  1. Latin · derived fromseptuagesima dies“70th day”
  2. English todaySeptuagesima

From Latin septuagesima dies (“70th day”).

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