septuagesima
Noun
Meaning
The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Septuagesima Sunday
pentecost
easter
ash wednesday
advent
lent
epiphany
Holy Week
Corpus Christi
whitsun
Trinity Sunday
Ordinary Time
triduum
Christmas season
Ascensiontide
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The earlier form of the Roman Rite, with its references to Quinquagesima Sunday, and to the Sexagesima and Septuagesima Sundays, continues to be observed in some communities.
Furthermore, anyone found to have eaten meat after Septuagesima is severely punished, by having his teeth knocked out.