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It is an Old English word, "lencten," which means the time of lengthening days, or "Springtime."

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What does LENTES mean?

The English word "Lent" comes from the Middle English word lenten and the Old English word lencten meaning the season of spring.


Lent is an Old English word for?

The English word "Lent" come from the Middle English word lenten and the Old English word lencten meaning the season of spring.


What is the meaning and origin of the root word lent?

The root word "lent" comes from the Old English word "lencten," meaning springtime. It has evolved to refer to the period of fasting and reflection leading up to Easter in the Christian calendar.


Why is Christian Lent called Lent?

Roman Catholic AnswerLent is the English name for Quadragesmia, which is the forty days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (excluding Sundays) observed as a preparation for the passion, death, and resurrection of our Blessed Lord, and as a time of penitence, prayer, and fasting, spiritual and physical. It is from the Old English word, lencten, which means the "spring season". from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957


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