quadragesimal

“Moses 'first quadragesimal was Exodus 24: 18: his second time was after he had destroyed the golden calf, Deuteronomy 10: 10: the third was after the tables of the law had been made anew, Exodus 34: 28.”

From the Talmud and Hebraica

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

The Evolution of an English Town

“No distinct traces of the quadragesimal observance are discernible until the fourth century.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize

“Nevertheless, the earliest references to the quadragesimal season indicate that it was then usually considered a time of preparation for baptism, or for the absolution of penitents, or a season of retreat and recollection for people living in the world.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize

“: And to fix the measure of our quadragesimal fast, be fasted forty days and forty nights.”

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew

“And they are the quadragesimal fasts which fit both body and soul for the festivals of Easter.”

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III.

“For councils, I shall mention one for all; the council of Nice, in which we find both mention and approbation of this quadragesimal fast.”

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI.

“But that other clause of licensing books, which we thought had died with his brother quadragesimal and matrimonial when the prelates expired, I shall now attend with such a homily, as shall lay before ye, first the inventors of it to be those whom ye will be loath to own; next what is to be thought in general of reading, whatever sort the books be; and that this Order avails nothing to the suppressing of scandalous, seditious, and libellous books, which were mainly intended to be suppressed.”

Areopagitica

“But that other clause of licensing books, which we thought had died with his brother quadragesimal and matrimonial when the prelates expired, I shall now attend with such a homily, as shall lay before ye, first the inventors of it to be those whom you will be loth to own; next what is to be thought in general of reading, whatever sort the books be; and that this order avails nothing to the suppressing of scandalous, seditious, and libelous books, which were mainly intended to be suppressed.”

Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing