Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEP-TU-A-GES'I-MA
SEP-TU-AG'EN-A-RYSEP-TU-A-GES'I-MAL
SEP-TU-A-GES'I-MA, n. [L. septuagesimus, seventieth.]
The third Sunday before Lent, or before Quadragesima Sunday, supposed to be so called because it is about seventy days before Easter. – Encyc.
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