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- lent a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- bugged having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
- apocrypha 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
- polling day the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
- quinquagesima the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
- fat tuesday a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
- quinquagesima sunday the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
- 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
- election day the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November