Loaned vs. Lent

Loanedverb

simple past tense and past participle of loan

Lentnoun

alternative form of Lent|

Lentverb

simple past tense and past participle of lend

Lent

imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Lentnoun

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.

Lentadjective

Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Lentadjective

See Lento.

Lentnoun

a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

Lentnoun

(in the Christian Church) the period preceding Easter, which is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, and so includes forty weekdays.

Lentnoun

the boat races held at Cambridge University in the Lent term.

Lent

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later; depending on the Christian denomination and local custom, Lent concludes either on the evening of Maundy Thursday, or at sundown on Holy Saturday, when the Easter Vigil is celebrated. Regardless, Lenten practices are properly maintained until the evening of Holy Saturday.