Lent
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- noun
- /lɛnt/
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- During Lent, many people choose to give up their favorite foods as a form of penance.
We, we can't eat eggs during Lent because we go vegan.
- We, we can't eat eggs during Lent because we go vegan.
- Saint Benedict does, as you'll recall, require reading, but it's usually during Lent, and it's a kind of penance.
- It might be around E Lent was most common period of fasting, but also they would fast every week.
Examples
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We, we can't eat eggs during Lent because we go vegan.
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This Lent, you can approach one of your priests and ask for help.
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Happy Lent.
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Saint Benedict does, as you'll recall, require reading, but it's usually during Lent, and it's a kind of penance.
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Fish fries—the staple Lent dish.
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Lent is a time for reflection and self-improvement that lasts for forty days before Lent.
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Churchgoers prepare for Easter by observing Lent with fasting and prayer.
Synonyms
A forty weekday period before Easter when Christians fast and pray
Compounds
- UK
A white spring flower with broad funnel-shaped petals from the eastern Mediterranean
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lent comes from an Old English word lencten meaning 'spring', from the root lengthen meaning 'to grow longer', because the days get longer in spring. That's why Lent now names the 40-day period before Easter when many Christians prepare, pray, and sometimes fast.