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One dictionary describes Sexagesima as "the Sunday before Quinquagesima", an unhelpful definition.
Sexagesima means 60 days before Easter, which is actually 8 weeks--56 days--from today. The reason for the unhelpful definition is now clear. Quinquagesima--50 days before Easter--is numerically accurate if one employs inclusive counting. Of course, next Sunday, February 14th, 9,999 people out of 10,000 will be celebrating Valentine's Day, not Quinquagesima.
As for Sexagesima, anything else going on this Sunday?
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