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SEXAGESIMA

\sˈɛkse͡ɪd͡ʒsˌɪmə], \sˈɛkse‍ɪd‍ʒsˌɪmə], \s_ˈɛ_k_s_eɪ_dʒ_s_ˌɪ_m_ə]\

Definitions of SEXAGESIMA

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Second Sunday before Lent.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Latin] The second Sunday before Lent, the next to Shrove-Tuesday, so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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