Lent

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 59

lent, n. an annual fast of forty days in commemoration of the fast of our Saviour (Matt. iv. 2), from Ash-Wednesday to Easter.— adj. Lent′en , relating to, or used in, Lent: sparing.— n. Lent′-lil′y , the daffodil, as flowering in Lent. [A.S. lencten , the spring; Dut. lente , Ger. lenz .]