Obs. Also 5 quynquegesym, qwynquasim (?), 6 -gissime. [a. OF. quinquagésime (14th c.) or ad. med.L. quinquagesima: see above.] = QUINQUAGESIMA.

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c. 1380.  Wyclif, Sel. Wks., II. 40. Þe Gospel on Þursdai in Quinquagesme. Ibid., 265. On Quinquagesme Sondai Pistle.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 143. Þe emperour comynge ones on þe Sonday of Quynquagesme to a chapel.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 297/2. Quynquegesym (A. Qwynquasim), quinquagesima.

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1533.  More, Debell. Salem, Wks. 1030/2. The priestes should eate no flesh fro quinquagissime to Easter.

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c. 1535.  Fisher, Wks. (E.E.T.S.), 434. Ye gospell, redde in the church this quinquagesime sondaye.

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1658.  in Phillips.

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