Quadragesima

Quadragesima may refer to:

They can go up to the "Quadragesima Terza" (43rd), a pipe of 1/8' pitch.

Quadragesima Sunday may occur as early as February 8 or as late as March 14.

Palm Sunday (Dominica VI in Quadragesima)

The Fifth Sunday in Lent (Dominica V in Quadragesima)

Missa solemnis, Missa in quadragesima (1948)

They are patterned after the Latin word for the season of Lent, Quadragesima, which means "fortieth", as Lent is forty days long excluding Sundays.

Quadragesima Sunday or Invocavit Sunday is the Sunday occurring after Ash Wednesday.

At St Ives those named Tom, Will and John formed a team to play against those with other names on the Monday after Quadragesima.

This fast period lasted 40 days, and was, therefore, called "Quadragesima Sancti Martini", which means in Latin "the forty days of St. Martin."

Sermo in Quadragesima (Old English, Bethurum XIV)

While Quadragesima includes both Sundays and weekdays, the beginning of Lent was later changed to the preceding Wednesday, "Ash Wednesday," to get in forty weekdays.

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima) is a solemn observance in the liturgical year of many Christian denominations, lasting for a period of approximately six weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.

Like on other Sundays of Lent, it is customary to dispense from the fast on Quadragesima, as Sundays are not counted among the forty days of Lent.

During this period Bruckner also sketched another Missa pro Quadragesima in G minor for mixed choir, 3 trombones and organ (WAB 140).

The term "Quadragesima" is derived from the Latin word for "fortieth," as there are exactly forty days from Quadragesima Sunday until Good Friday.

Traditional Maltese food for the Lenten period includes qagħaq tal-Appostli (Apostles' Rings), which are circular loaves of unleavened bread studded with roasted almonds and sprinkled with sesame seeds, and honey cakes known as kwareżimal (the name refers to the quadragesima, or 40 days of Lent).