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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
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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noun
An indulgence provided by 40 days of fasting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of quadragene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From Late Latin quadragēna (“40-day period, Lent”), from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of carene.
