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Septuagesima [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. THe third Sunday before Lent, or before

2. Quadragesima Sunday, supposed to be called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Septuagesima [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Septuagesimal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Cosisting of seventy.

2. Our abriged and septuagesimal age. Brown .

Septuagesimal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.