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Meaning
Noun
●
Alternative letter-case form of Lent
●
In Christianity:
A
period
of the
ecclesiastical
year
preceding
Easter,
traditionally
involving
temporary
abstention
from certain
foods
and pleasures.
The 40
days
preceding
Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday
preceding
Holy Week.
●
In Christianity & Roman Catholicism:
A
period
of the
ecclesiastical
year
preceding
Easter,
traditionally
involving
temporary
abstention
from certain
foods
and pleasures.
The 46
days
preceding
Easter,
reckoned
as 40
days
by excluding Sundays.
●
In British English & Education:
Ellipsis of Lent term.
●
In Myanmar English & Buddhism:
vassa,
period
of the Buddhist
lent
during the
rainy
season
Verb
●
simple past
and
past participle
of lend
Name
●
A surname.
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