Definition of lent Lent
/lɛˈnt/ - [lent] - Lent
We found 11 definitions of lent from 7 different sources.
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What does lent mean?
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| lent - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday | ||
| Lententide | ||
| season one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons" | ||
| church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals | ||
| good friday Friday before Easter | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lent (imp. & p. p.)
of Lend - lent
imp. & p. p. of Lend. - lent (n.)
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. - lent (a.)
Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. - lent (a.)
See Lento.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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lent
Period of penitence for Christians before Easter.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lent
lent, n. an annual fast of forty days in commemoration of the fast of our Saviour (Matt. iv. 2), from Ash-Wednesday to Easter.—adj. Lent′en, relating to, or used in, Lent: sparing.—n. Lent′-lil′y, the daffodil, as flowering in Lent. [A.S. lencten, the spring; Dut. lente, Ger. lenz.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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lent
The spring fast, during which butchers were prohibited to kill flesh unless for victualling ships, except by special license.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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lent
A Church fast that is slow to go; or something loaned which is slow to come back.
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