Definitions for: Quadragesima

[n] the first Sunday in Lent

Webster (1913) Definition: Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the
fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See
Four.] (Eccl.)
The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty
days before Easter.

Synonyms: Quadrigesima Sunday

See Also: Christian holy day