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quadragene

Today it means: An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory. Full definition →

Late Latin quadragēna ← Latin quadrāgēnus

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Latin · derived fromquadrāgēnus“40 each”
Late Latin · derived fromquadragēna“40-day period, Lent”
English todayquadragene

From Late Latin quadragēna (“40-day period, Lent”), from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of carene.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinquadragēna all →

Latinquadrāgēnus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.