" lent "

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1: That 40 day long period where Christians attempt to emulate Christ-like suffering and minimalism through only the lamest and most half-assed undertakings.

  * e.g.,  ... Jesus: I toiled in the desert for 40 days and nights. Then I was beaten until I lost 18 litres of blood. 

 [ "lent" ]

1: 1 - the 40-day period from Ash Wednesday until Easter, observed by many Christians as a time for penitence, fasting, and devotion.

  * e.g.,  ... He felt bad for raping that drunk girl in her hotel room on Bourbon St, but then he remembered that Lent began the next day. 

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2: 2 - the 40 days immediately following Mardi Gras, when all sins from that day are supposedly forgiven, regardless.

 [ "lent" ]

1: A time before easter in the christian calander where sacrifice is made.

  * e.g.,  ... "the pope has just declared lent" 

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2:  Stuff collected from bottom of washing machine, JK

  * e.g.,  ... A lent collecter 

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1: (verb):past tense of "loan"

  * e.g.,  ... I lent him a condom = I loaned him a condom 

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1: Lent is the time of year when Catholics give it up and "eat fish" on Fridays... Heh.

  * e.g.,  ... It was lent, and for 40 days and 40 nights I gave it up. By the time Easter came around, damn was I sore! 

 [ "lent" ]

1: An Anglican festival where you give up everything enjoyable in your life for a few weeks. Its supposed to make you a better person.

  * e.g.,  ... This year, for Lent, I gave up liquor at lunch, sex, erotic novels, surfing porn sites, dating, and dessert. 

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1: It is the practice of fasting for a lengthy period of time. Typically practiced by college students everywhere. This is usually caused by a lack of money and the inability to buy food.

  * e.g.,  ... The College and Career group at church were practicing lent this last month. 

 [ "lent" ]

1: Having been under the influence of alcohol.

  * e.g.,  ... Me and my cuz went to the club last night and were lent by 10:30 

 [ "Lent" ]

1: Lent is a season in the Christian Church which focuses on repentance, peneitance, devotion and renewal. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter. This is a total of 40 days, excluding Sundays.

  * e.g.,  ... Kelly gave up chocolate and television for Lent. 

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2: Lent is commemoration of the temptation of Jesus Christ and also the Last Supper, His betrayal, arrest, crucifixion and death. Three days later, however, He was raised from the dead. This festival is called Easter.

  * e.g.,  ... Lent is the time for Christians to fight especially hard in their spiritual warfare against evil and worldly lusts, and to focus on the righteousness and new life we have through Christ. 

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3: It is a tradition in the Western churches to "give up" a pleasure or comfort during Lent.

 [ "Lent" ]

1: A Christian/Catholic holiday in which you give up something such as candy, cracking your knuckles, etc.

  * e.g.,  ... She gave up sweets and fried food for Lent.