quinquagesimal

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quinquagesimal

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From Medieval Latin quinquagesimus (“fiftieth”) + -al.

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not comparable Of or related to a set of 50 people or items. Hence the time of our sorrow and affliction is fixed at forty days; the state of blessed joy which shall be hereafter is figured in the quinquagesimal festival, i.e. the fifty days from Easter to Pentecost.

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@misc{quinquagesimal_2026,
  title = {quinquagesimal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quinquagesimal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}