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  • 31Lent — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. « Lenteur » redirige ici. Pour le spectacle du même nom, voir Lenteur (spectacle). Lent (au féminin lente) est …

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  • 32Lent — This unusual surname recorded as Lent, Lente, Lentt, and possibly Lant and Lante, is said to be English. It would seem to be an early medieval Christian nickname for a person born in the religious period of Lent, that is the forty weekdays… …

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  • 33Lent — /lɛnt/ (say lent) noun 1. an annual season of fasting and penitence observed in some Christian churches in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and including the forty weekdays next before Easter. 2. (in the Middle Ages) a period… …

  • 34Lent —    In the Christian calendar, this is a 40 day period of penitence and self discipline beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending with the service on Holy Saturday which marks the start of Easter. Sundays falling within this period are not counted as… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 35Lent — n. 1 Eccl. the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, of which the 40 weekdays are devoted to fasting and penitence in commemoration of Christ s fasting in the wilderness. 2 (in pl.) the boat races held at Cambridge in the Lent term. Phrases …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36Lent — Original name in latin Lent Name in other language Lent State code FR Continent/City Europe/Paris longitude 46.12032 latitude 5.1937 altitude 256 Population 1248 Date 2012 01 18 …

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  • 37Lent — [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from *langgitīnaz, a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from *lanngaz ‘long’ and an element *tīnadenoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38Lent — N UNCOUNT Lent is the period of forty days before Easter, during which some Christians give up something that they enjoy. It was a favourite meal on Fridays and fast days, particularly during Lent …

    English dictionary

  • 39lentəbənzər — sif. Şəkilcə lentə oxşayan; lentvari. Lentəbənzər qurdlar …

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  • 40Lent — [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from *langgitīnaz, a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from *lanngaz ‘long’ and an element *tīnadenoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the… …

    Word origins