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cleric. Lent rel., christ. the Lent relig. Lent gen. Lent (It is a shortened form of "lencten", the Anglo-Saxon word for Spring. From the same root comes the word "lengthening", marked for the Anglo-Saxons the lengthening of the days. 13.05 obs. Quadragesima relig. great fast ; easter fast ; quadragesima sunday ; lenten fast ; lenten period ; Lent ; Lenten season ; Great Lent (rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church, including Western Rite Orthodoxy MichaelBurov relig., lat. Quadragesima (Lent, also the Fortieth Day Before Easter Breviary, сокр. Quadrag.) Russian thesaurus gen. период 7 недель перед пасхой , в течение которого верующие-христиане воздерживаются от скоромной пищи, не участвуют в увеселениях, не вступают в брак. Большой Энциклопедический словарь
