Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lent
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Lent
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Lent is the period of forty days before Easter, during which some Christians give up something that they enjoy. N-UNCOUNT LENT Lent is the past tense and past participle of lend. ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English lente springtime, ~, from Old English lencten; akin to Old High German lenzin spring Date: 13th century the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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suffix forming adjectives (pestilent; violent) (cf. -ULENT). Etymology: L -lentus -ful LENT past and past part. of LEND. LENT n. 1 Eccl. the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, of which the 40 weekdays are devoted to fasting and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. 2 (in pl.) the boat races held at Cambridge in the Lent term. Phrases and idioms Lent lily Brit. a daffodil, esp. a wild one. Lent term Brit. the term at a university etc. in which Lent falls. Etymology: ME f. LENTEN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. церк. великий пост Lent sermon —- великопостная проповедь 2. унив. великопостный триместр, весенний триместр (в Кембриджском университете и некоторых других учебных заведениях) lent 1. p. и p-p. от lend ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. lencten "spring," from W.Gmc. *langa-tinaz, from *lanngaz (root of O.E. lang "long") + *tina-, a root meaning "day;" the compound probably refers to the increasing daylight. Church sense of "period between Ash Wednesday and Easter" is peculiar to Eng. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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