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Carnival
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Latin: carnem levare, taking away of flesh) A time of feasting and revelry preceding the Lenten fast, chiefly observed in southern Europe; also, because in many places an occasion of immorality, a time of prayer and of practises of mortification and penance in order to repair the offenses against the Divine law.
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Entry for 'Carnival'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/carnival.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Carnival'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/carnival.html. 1910.
