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  • 1lent|en — or lent|en «LEHN tuhn», adjective. 1. of Lent; during Lent; suitable for Lent. 2. such as may be used in Lent; meager; plain; dismal or somber. ╂[Old English lencten; see etym. under Lent (Cf. ↑Lent)] …

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  • 2Lent|en — or lent|en «LEHN tuhn», adjective. 1. of Lent; during Lent; suitable for Lent. 2. such as may be used in Lent; meager; plain; dismal or somber. ╂[Old English lencten; see etym. under Lent (Cf. ↑Lent)] …

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  • 3Lent — • An article on the origins of Lenten fasting Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lent     Lent     † …

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  • 4Lent — Quaresma redirects here. For other uses, see Quaresma (disambiguation). This article is about the observance of Lent in Western Christianity. For Lent in Orthodox Christianity, see Great Lent. For other uses, see Lent (disambiguation). Acolytes… …

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  • 5Lent Bumps — The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races, Lents) are a set of rowing races held on the River Cam in Cambridge. The races are open to all college boat clubs from the University of Cambridge and CCAT Boat Club, the boat club for members of Anglia Ruskin… …

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  • 6Lent Bumps 1998 — The Lent Bumps 1998 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 24, 1998 until Saturday February 28, 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually… …

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  • 7Lent, The Season of —    The word Lent has no special significance save only as it designates the time of the Fast before Easter. The word is derived from the Anglo Saxon lencten, meaning the spring season. From this we learn that the Lenten Fast means simply the Fast …

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  • 8Great Lent — Orthodox church in the Czech Republic vested in lenten colors. Liturgical year Western …

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  • 9Helmut Lent — Infobox Military Person name=Helmut Lent lived=birth date|1918|6|13|df=y death date and age|1944|10|7|1918|6|13|df=y placeofbirth=Pyrehne near Landsberg placeofdeath=Paderborn caption=Helmut Lent nickname= allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi… …

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  • 10Jack o' Lent —    In Tudor and Jacobean London, this was the name for gaunt puppets made of straw, rags, and herring skins, personifying the Lenten fast, which boys set up on Ash Wednesday and pelted with heavy sticks, and finally burnt before Easter. He could… …

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