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Meaning of QUADRAGENE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Quad"ra*gene\, n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni
forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.)
An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days
of ancient canonical penance.

 

 

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