Definitions for "Lent"
Keywords:  easter, wednesday, forty, sunday, ash
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.
The six week period of preparation leading up to Holy Week. Lent is actually comprised of forty days, excluding Sundays.
A solemn time, usually a fasting period, preceding Easter in which Christians remember Jesus' forty days of fasting as well as consider the disciplines of their faith.
Keywords:  selfish, time
a time to be selfish
Keywords:  imp, tense, lend, article, read
imp. & p. p. of Lend.
Past tense of lend.... read full article
Keywords:  hilary, january, march, term
Term January to March. - Hilary
Keywords:  gentle, mild, slow, heats
Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
Keywords:  see
See Lento.