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septuagesime (s.xiii)
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septuagesime (s.xiii)

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septuagesine,  septuagesme  
  FEW:  septuagesimus 11,484b Gdf:  septuagesme 7,386a GdfC:  septuagesime 10,664a TL: septuagisme 9,503 / setuagisme 9,587 DEAF:  septuagisme  DMF:  septuagésime  TLF:  septuagésime  OED:  Septuagesima n.  MED:  septuagesime n.  DMLBS:  septuagesimus 3037a

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1 eccl. time Septuagesima, penitential period of seventy days beginning with the third Sunday before Lent and ending with the Saturday before Easter: 
( s.xiii; MS: c.1300 ) des le commencement de la septuagesime trusques aus closes Pasques  S Godric 2105
( 1275 )  en l'advent, e en septuagesine, e en quaremme  Stats i 39
( 1319 )  En assise ne gist pas en bouche de tenant de chalenger tens de septuag[esme]  YBB Ed II xxiv 68
2 eccl. time Septuagesima Sunday, third Sunday before Lent: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de la septuagesme jekes as utaves de Pasche  BRITT i 345

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See also:

setantisme 
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septuagesime