Lenten

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈlɛntən/

Adjective

Lenten

1. Pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.
2. Appropriate to Lent; meagre, sombre.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, II.2:

     To thinke, my Lord, if you delight not in Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall receiue from you [...].

   • A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXIX, line 8-10:

     And there's the Lenten lily / That has not long to stay / And dies on Easter day.

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