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septuagesima

Sep.tu.a.ge.si.ma \.sep-t*-w*-'jes-*-m*, -'ja--z*-\ n [ME, fr. LL, fr. L, 
   fem. of septuagesimus seventieth, fr. septuaginta)X 70 : the third Sunday 
   before Lent