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Show Names for the Great Fast . By tho word Lent Is un-iarstood the fast of 40 days preceding Easter, kept (arter the cxampio or Moses, Ellas and Christ Hlmseir) in order to prepare pre-pare the faithful for the great festival festi-val of Faster; The Greek and Latin names for the fast. "Tessarakoste" and "Quadragesima." indicate tha number of days. The Italian Quar-esima Quar-esima and the French Careme come from the Latin. The German F&sten-zeit F&sten-zeit and the Dutch Vasten denote the fast, while our own word. Lent, from tbe Anglo-Saxon Lencten. tnoana spring, 1. ., spring faaL |