Lent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The annual forty days of penitence and fast from Ash Wednesday until Easter. Easter is a movable feast; its date, in each year, fixes the period of Lent. It was first commanded to be observed in England by Ercombert, king of Kent, before 800.
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