LENTENTIDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

Synonyms:

Lent; Lententide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Lententide" is a kind of...):

season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)

Meronyms (parts of "Lententide"):

Good Friday (Friday before Easter)

Ash Wednesday (the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance)

Holonyms ("Lententide" is a part of...):

church calendar; ecclesiastical calendar (a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals)