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Lent

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Lent (noun)
  2. lend (verb)
  3. Lent corn (noun)
  4. Lent lily (noun)
  5. Great Lent (noun)
  6. Jack-a-Lent (noun)
  7. Mid-Lent Sunday (noun)

Lent

noun \ˈlent\

Definition of LENT

: the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting
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Origin of LENT

Middle English lente springtime, Lent, from Old English lencten; akin to Old High German lenzin spring
First Known Use: 13th century

Other Calendar Terms

antedate, estival, gloaming, luster, sesquicentennial

Rhymes with LENT

bent, Brent, cent, dent, gent, Ghent, hent, pent, rent, scent, sent, spent, sprent, stent, tent, Trent, vent

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