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noun
Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Synonyms: carenum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A 40-day fast or period of similar abstinence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The lower portion of a marine animal's shell, covering its mantle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
From Latin carēnum or caroenum, from Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon), q.v.
From Medieval Latin carēna (“40-day fast; remission of such a fast”), from Late Latin quadragēna (“40-day period, Lent”) or quarantena (“40-day period”), from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of quadragene.
From French carène (“keel”), from Latin carīna (“keel”).
