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Lent

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Lent  (lnt)
n.
The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter.
[Middle English lenten, lente, spring, Lent, from Old English lencten; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.]
lent  (lnt)
v.
Past tense and past participle of lend.
lent
Verb
the past of lend
Lent
Noun
Christianity the period from Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday, during which some Christians give up doing something they enjoy [Old English lencten, lengten spring, literally: lengthening (of hours of daylight)]
Lenten adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.LentLent - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Lententide
church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
Good Friday - Friday before Easter
Ash Wednesday - the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
Translations
Lent [lɛnt] n → Cuaresma
Lent [lɛnt] n → carême m
Lent [lɛnt] n → Fastenzeit f
Lent [lɛnt] n → Quaresima
lent lend


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However legal it may be To pay what never has been lent, This style of business seems to me Extremely inconvenient!
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
So we talked about painting, poetry, and music, theology, geology, and philosophy: once or twice I lent her a book, and once she lent me one in return: I met her in her walks as often as I could; I came to her house as often as I dared.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatterdemalion, who applied for a loan of one hundred thousand dollars.
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