Sexagesima Sunday

English

Alternative forms

• Sexagesima

Etymology

Latin sexagesima, the feminine inflection of sexagesimus 'the sixtieth' + Sunday

Noun

Sexagesima Sunday (usually uncountable, plural Sexagesima Sundays)

1. In the Catholic liturgical year, the eighth Sunday (i.e. the sixtieth—minus one—day) before Easter (and the second before Lent).

Synonyms

• Exsurge (after its introit(us))
• Dominica Carnisprivii

References

• Catholic Encyclopaedia