Sexagesima

See also: sexagesima and sexagésima

English

Etymology

from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sexagesima dies, from the feminine of sexagesimus '60th' + dies 'day'

Noun

Sexagesima

1. (Christianity) In the Christian calendar the Sunday two weeks before Lent, eight before Easter Sunday.

Synonyms

• Exsurge (its introitus's opening word)
• Dominica Carnisprivii

Translations

8th Sunday before Easter

• Finnish: seksagesima
• French: Sexagésime f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Sexagesima (de) f

See also

• Quinquagesima
• Septuagesima

References

• Catholic Encyclopaedia