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Post date: May 13, 2013 7:17:57 AM

FR - Le carême est une période de jeûne de quarante jours. Le nom carême provient de la contraction du mot latin quadragesima, qui signifie « quarantième ».

EN - Lent / 40 days of fasting. In the late Middle Ages, as sermons began to be given in the vernacular instead of Latin, the English word lent was adopted. This word initially simply meant spring (as in the German language Lenz and Dutch lente) and derives from the Germanic root for long because in the spring the days visibly lengthen

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