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Lenten
Definition:
(n.) Lent.
(n.) Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
(n.) Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Marital patterns exhibit troughs associated respectively with the Lenten period and with Christmas celebrations.
(2) Specifically, marriage peaks preceded and followed the Lenten period, with a secondary trough occurring during Advent.
(3) Dr Jonathan Lenten, who helps run it, said: “We have been a family practice in Leicester city since the 1920s and have been privileged to provide caring and personal medical services to generations of patients.