quadragesimal

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In Illyria, Achaia and Alexandria the quadragesimal fast lasted six weeks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

And when ten days of the quadragesimal fast were yet remaining, there came one to summon him to the king.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon