Quad rage sima

kwod-ra-jes′i-ma, n. the Latin name for the whole season of Lent, with its forty days: the name commonly a igned to the first Sunday in Lent, by analogy with the three Sun days which precede Lent—Septuagesima, Sex age sima, and Quinquagesima.— adj. Quad rages′imal , belonging to or used in Lent. [L.— quad rage sim us , fortieth— qua drag int a , forty— quatuor , four.]