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单词 sexagesima
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Sexagesima

[ sek-suh-jes-uh-muh, -jey-zuh- ]
/ ˌsɛk səˈdʒɛs ə mə, -ˈdʒeɪ zə- /

noun

the second Sunday before Lent.
Also called Sexagesima Sunday.

Origin of Sexagesima

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin sexāgēsima (diēs) sixtieth (day), feminine of sexāgēsimus, ordinal corresponding to sexāgintā sixty

Words nearby Sexagesima

sew up, sex, sex act, sexagenarian, sexagenary, Sexagesima, sexagesimal, sexaholic, sex-and-shopping, sexangular, sex appeal
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Example sentences from the Web for Sexagesima

  • The sermon was to be preached on Sexagesima Sunday, a prelude to the solemn season of Lent.

    The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
  • Sexagesima (sek'sa-jes'i-ma), the second Sunday before Lent.

    Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four.|William H. Elson

British Dictionary definitions for Sexagesima

Sexagesima
/ (ˌsɛksəˈdʒɛsɪmə) /

noun

the second Sunday before Lent

Word Origin for Sexagesima

C16: from Latin: sixtieth, from sexāgintā sixty
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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