Lent Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Lent? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Synonyms, Words ending with Lent, Words starting with Lent, Derivations, Related sentences, Example sentences, How to pronounce and more...
Word: Lent
How to pronounce: lend
Noun
Definitions:
1. The period preceding Easter that in the Christian Church is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday and so includes forty weekdays.
Example sentences: "To this end he will be eating as little as possible from the beginning of Lent until Easter."
Synonyms:
give
impart
provide
add
infuse
bestow
exert
render
credit
loan
loans
lending money
contribute
bring
Antonyms:
borrow
take up
Derivations:
Lenten
lend
lent
lender
lending
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Lent in Other Languages...
Spanish: Cuaresma
German: Fastenzeit
French: Carême
Italian: Quaresima
Turkish: Perhiz