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Definition of Sexagesima

Sexagesima
Sexagesima Sex`a*ges"i*ma, n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.] (Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Meaning of Sexagesima from wikipedia

- ****agesima /sɛksəˈdʒɛsɪmə/, or, in full, ****agesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the pre-1970 Roman Rite liturgical...
- The other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called ****agesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The...
- Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. Selection Sunday Septuagesima, ****agesima and Quinquagesima Sunday are the last three Sundays before Lent. Quinquagesima...
- Church, the terms for this Sunday and the two immediately before it (****agesima and Septuagesima Sundays) were eliminated in the reforms following the...
- eighth w**** before Eastern Orthodox Pascha, equivalent to the West's ****agesima. The date of Maslenitsa changes every year, depending on the date of the...
- SAGITTA APUD VISEUM / PORTUGAL FUIT FILIUS VEREMUNDI ORDONII / OBIIT ERA M ****AGESIMA QUINTA III NAS M. Alfonso first married Elvira Menéndez in 1013, daughter...
- on 24 February 1715, but more likely for a year or even two earlier. ****agesima always falls within January or February, so the title's reference to snowfall...
- instance when fa-mi-sol-la is placed on "et libera" (e.g., introit for ****agesima Sunday) in the Christian faith it signifies that Christ liberates us from...
- 1189/2006 de la Comisión, de 3 de agosto de 2006, por el que se modifica por ****agésima ****ta vez el Reglamento (CE) nº 881/2002 del Consejo por el que se imponen...
- Septuagesima ****agesima Quinquagesima Carnival (Shrovetide) Fat Thursday Tsiknopempti Shrove Monday Rosenmontag Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras Holy Face of...