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† carentane Obs.
[Cf. It. quarantana, -ena, -ina, Pr. quarantena, carantena, F. quarantaine, med.L. quarantena collection of 40, space of 40 days; f. Romanic quaranta (:—L. quadraginta) forty + -ana, F. -aine (see dozen).]
A group of 40; a space of forty days; a forty days' indulgence.
1647Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery i. §3 (R.) In the church of Sancta Maria de Popolo there are for every day in the year 2800 years of pardon, besides 14,014 Carentanes, which in one year amount to more than 1,000,000. |