Synonyms for
Lent
Definition
Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter, where people often give up something as a form of sacrifice or abstain from eating meat on Fridays.
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Common collocations
- Ash Wednesday
- Lent begins
- Lent ends
- give up something for Lent
- during Lent
- Holy Week
- Easter Sunday
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Usage note
Lent is a religious observance, primarily in Christianity, referring to the period of fasting and repentance preceding Easter. It is not typically used in secular contexts.
Example sentences
- I am giving up social media for Lent this year.
- During Lent, we don't eat meat on Fridays.
- She lent her sister her sweater during Lent.
- He decided to practice self-discipline during Lent.
- Lent is a time to reflect on one's spiritual journey.
Quotes
Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. - Pope Francis
Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty, not because God is mean or fault-finding or finger-pointing but because he wants us to know the joy of being cleaned out, ready for all the good things he now has in store. - N.T. Wright
Lent is a time to renew wherever we are in that process that I call the divine therapy. It's a time to look what our instinctual needs are, look at what the dynamics of our unconscious are. - Thomas Keating