Lent
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In ecclesiastical law. The quadragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from Ash-Wednesday to Easter.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The quadragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from Ash-Wednesday to Easier.