Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Lent.
2. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
The season of Lenten or Lent.
Regularity of recurrence. Periodicity Roget’s Thesaurus §138
N. periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, sunday, monday &c, months of the year, january &c, feast, fast &c, christmas, easter, new year's day &c. allhallows, allhallowmas, all saints' day, all souls', all souls' day, ash wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, candlemas, dewali, groundhog day, halloween, hallowmas, lady day, leap year, midsummer day, muharram, woodchuck day, st. swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness
V. recur in regular order, recur in regular succession, return, revolve, come again, come in its turn, come round, come round again, beat, pulsate, alternate, intermit
Adj. periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal|, hebdomadary|, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial|, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, &c, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, &c. regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork
Adv. periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round
Fasting Roget’s Thesaurus §956
N. fasting, xerophagy, famishment, starvation, fast, jour maigre, fast day, banyan day, lent, quadragesima, ramadan, ramazan, spare diet, meager diet, lenten diet, lenten entertainment, soupe maigre, short commons, barmecide feast, short rations
No Bible verses found for "Lenten".