Definition of Lenten. Meaning of Lenten. Synonyms of Lenten

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Definition of Lenten

Lenten
Lenten Lent"en, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. ``Lenten entertainment.' `` Lenten answer.' --Shak. `` Lenten suit.' --Beau. & Fl. Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee.

Meaning of Lenten from wikipedia

- Holy Sa****ay, when the Easter Vigil is celebrated, though in either case, Lenten fasting observances are maintained until the evening of Holy Sa****ay. Sundays...
- A Lenten sacrifice is a spiritually motivated voluntary renunciation of a pleasure or luxury that most Christians (especially Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans...
- A Lenten calendar or Lent calendar is a special calendar used by Western Christians to count the days of Lent in anti****tion of Easter. Lenten calendars...
- A Lenten supper is a meal that takes place in the evenings to break the day's fast during the Christian liturgical season of Lent, which is widely observed...
- Lenten shrouds are veils used to cover crucifixes, icons and some statues during P****iontide. Covering crucifixes and crosses, and in some places also...
- feature is its concluding three-day festival, Carnival or Shrovetide. The pre-Lenten period begins with Septuagesima, first do****ented in Gregory the Great....
- the Lenten Triodion, which contains the Lenten texts for the Daily Office (Canonical Hours) and Liturgies. The Triodion begins during the Pre-Lenten period...
- ****eboreae. Despite names such as "winter rose", "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose", ****ebores are not closely related to the rose family (Rosaceae)...
- Christians begin Ash Wednesday by marking a Lenten calendar, praying a Lenten daily devotional, and making a Lenten sacrifice that they will not partake of...
- ****eborus orientalis, the Lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant and species of ****ebore in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece...