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1. (v.) lent
pt. and pp. of
2. (n.) Lent
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME lente(n), OE lencten, lengten spring, Lent, lit., lengthening (of daylight hours))
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| Definition of 'lent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Lent, Lententide
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
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1. lent
the past tense and past participle of "lend"
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| Definition of 'lent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) lent
slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats
2. (adj) lent
see Lento
3. (noun) lent
a fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior
4. lent
of Lend
5. lent
imp. & p. p. of Lend
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. lent
a period of fasting previous to Easter, at first lasting only 40 hours, was gradually extended to three, four, or six days, then different Churches extended it to three and six: weeks; in the 6th century Gregory the Great fixed it for the West at 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter, excluding Sundays; in the Eastern Church it begins on the Monday after quinquagesima and excludes both Saturdays and Sundays; in the Anglican Church the season is marked by special services, but the fast is not rigidly kept.
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Sense: the time from Ash Wednesday to Easter (40 weekdays) observed as a time of fasting in commemoration of Christ's fast in the wilderness.
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 Afrikaans: Vastyd |
 Arabic: الصَّوْم الكبيرالأرْبَعين |
 Bulgarian: Велики пости |
 Brazilian: quaresma |
 Czech: půst |
 German: die Fastenzeit |
 Danish: faste |
 Greek: Σαρακοστή |
 Spanish: Cuaresma |
 Estonian: paast |
 Farsi: لنت؛ ایام روزه داری |
 Finnish: paastonaika |
 French: carême |
 Hebrew: צוֹם לֶנט |
 Hindi: चालीसा |
 Croatian: korizma |
 Hungarian: nagyböjt |
 Indonesian: 40 hari sebelum Paskah |
 Italian: Quaresima |
 Japanese: 四旬節 |
 Korean: 사순절(四旬節) |
 Lithuanian: gavėnia |
 Latvian: gavēnis |
 Malay: 40 hari antara Rabu Abu d |
 Dutch: vastentijd |
 Norwegian: faste(tid) |
 Polish: wielki post |
 Persian: لنت؛ ایام روزه داری |
 Pashto: لنت،د عيسويانو روژه |
 Russian: Великий пост |
 Slovak: pôst, obdobie pôstu |
 Slovenian: čas posta |
 Serbian: Veliki post |
 Swedish: fasta[n] |
 Thai: ช่วงงดอาหารตามหลักศาสนา |
 Turkish: Büyük Perhiz |
 Taiwanese: 大齋節，四旬節 |
 Ukrainian: великий піст |
 Urdu: صوم الکبیر |
 Vietnamese: Mùa chay |
 Chinese: 大斋节，四旬斋 |
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