Sexagesima

Sexagesima
/sek'seuh jes"euh meuh, -jay"zeuh-/, n.
the second Sunday before Lent. Also called Sexagesima Sunday.
[1350-1400; ME < L sexagesima (dies) sixtieth (day), fem. of sexagesimus, ordinal corresponding to sexaginta sixty]

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