Word Meanings - QUADRAGESIMA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.

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• FIRST
  Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• SUNDAY
  The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc. Syn. -- See
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• FORTY
  Four times ten; thirtynine and one more. (more info) four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjörutiu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidw. See
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• PRECEDENTED
  Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.
• EASTER LILY
  which bloom about Easter; specif.: The common white lily , called also Annunciation lily. The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. The daffodil . The Atamasco lily.
• PRECEDE
  1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the
• FIRST-CLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended
• EASTER
  to G. ostern; fr. AS. Eástre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was 1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after
• FORTY-SPOT
  The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).
• PRECEDENCE; PRECEDENCY
  1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior
• FIRST-RATE
  Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett .
• EASTERNMOST
  Most eastern.
• BEFOREHAND
  1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
• FIRSTLY
  In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
• EASTERLY
  1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind. 2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
• FIRSTLING
  1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton. 2. The thing first thought or done. The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• OLEASTER
  The wild olive tree . Any species of the genus Elæagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
• SOUTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
  With the head foremost.