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lent

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4
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/lɛnt/

Definition of lent

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Lent.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Lent.
  2. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
    “Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent.”
  3. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  4. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  5. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Lent term.
  6. (Myanmar)vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of lend

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses. Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).

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