lententide

Questions about lententide

What does lententide mean?

lententide means "a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday".

How many syllables are in lententide?

lententide has 3 syllables: len-ten-tide. The stress falls on "len".

What is another word for lententide?

Close synonyms include Lent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lententide a common word?

lententide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.