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lent

Lent \'lent\ n [ME lente springtime, Lent, fr. OE lengten; akin to OHG 
   lenzinX spring 1: a period of penitence and fasting observed on the 40 
   weekdays from Ash W ednesday to Easter in the Roman Catholic and some other 
   Christian churches 2: a period of religious fasting