English dictionary
Lent
/l/E/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Slow; mild; gentle; as, <i>lenter</i> heats.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Synonyms lententideSource: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913