slovo | definícia |
lent lily (encz) | Lent lily, |
Lent lily (gcide) | Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
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Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
blossoming in spring.
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lent lily (wn) | Lent lily
n 1: lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad
funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: Madonna lily, {white
lily}, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Lent lily (gcide) | Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
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Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
blossoming in spring.
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