Sexagesima Sunday

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin sexagesima, the feminine inflection of sexagesimus 'the sixtieth' + Sunday

Noun

Sexagesima Sunday (usually uncountable, plural Sexagesima Sundays)

  1. In the Catholic liturgical year, the eighth Sunday (i.e. the sixtieth—minus one—day) before Easter (and the second before Lent).

Synonyms
  • Exsurge (after its introit(us))
  • Dominica Carnisprivii

References
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