Quadragesima

Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima, which denote the Sundays which immediately precede, and the word Quadragesima, which denotes the first

The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands Charles Butler 1791

This fast period lasted 40 days, and was, therefore, called "Quadragesima Sancti Martini," which means in Latin "the forty days of St. Martin."

Archive 2008-11-01 bls 2008

This fast period lasted 40 days, and was, therefore, called "Quadragesima Sancti Martini," which means in Latin "the forty days of St. Martin."

November 11: Martin, Bishop of Tours (397) bls 2008

Thus people fast in Quadragesima Lent as a prayerful preparation for Holy Week, or, at least, that's what they should be doing; many, of course, just do it because that's what they've heard people do during Lent.

And it happened in the days of Achashverosh... 2006

We shall begin with the fire-festivals of spring, which usually fall on the first Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima or Invocavit), Easter Eve, and May Day.

Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 1. The Fire-festivals in general 1922

We shall begin with the fire-festivals of spring, which usually fall on the first Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima or Invocavit), Easter Eve, and May Day.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

Just as Easter was followed by fifty days of rejoicing, so it had its period of preparation by prayer and fasting, from which arose the season of Lent, which, after various changes, commenced finally forty days before Easter, whence its name of Quadragesima.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Quadragesima (the forty days) was originally a period marked by fasting, but not necessarily a period in which the faithful fasted every day.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Quadragesima denotes a season of preparation by fasting and prayer, to imitate the example of Christ (Matt., iv).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Perhaps the word is only one of a numerical series: Quadragesima, Quinquagesima, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913