Sexagesima Sunday

Meaning

Noun

In the Catholic liturgical year, the eighth Sunday (i.e. the sixtieth—minus one—day) before Easter (and the second before Lent).

Related

Similar words

Exsurge (after its introit(us))
Dominica Carnisprivii

Origin

Latin sexagesima, the feminine inflection of sexagesimus 'the sixtieth' + Sunday

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