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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Septuagesima
 
SYLLABICATION:Sep·tu·a·ges·i·ma
PRONUNCIATION:  spt--js-m, -jz-, -ch-
NOUN: The third Sunday before Lent.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin septugsima (dis), seventieth (day), feminine of Latin septugsimus, from septugint, seventy. See Septuagint.
 
 
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