Definition that contains ash wednesday
- lent a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- lententide a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- commination prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
- quinquagesima sunday the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
- quinquagesima the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)