Lent
Lent is a season in the Christian Church which focuses on
repentance, peneitance, devotion and renewal. Lent begins on
Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter. This is a total of 40 days, excluding Sundays. Lent is commemoration of the temptation of Jesus Christ and also
the Last Supper, His betrayal, arrest, crucifixion and death. Three days later, however, He was raised from the dead. This festival is called Easter.It is a tradition in the Western churches to "give up" a pleasure or comfort during Lent.
Lent
by Lisa on Feb 29, 2004 02:26:25
Lent
by ihatechurch on Mar 12, 2011 00:51:03
The time of the year 40
days before Easter that remembers both the 40 days of
Jesus's temptation in the desert by Satan and the 40 years the Jews wandered the desert with Moses. Is also the time of year when your parents force you to church more and they make you give
stuff up.
Example:
I gave up chocolate for
Lent.
Sorry, I'm going to miss that party because my parents are forcing me to
church again.
Deadpool gives up killing for
lent.
Lent
by F.S.B.O. on Apr 01, 2011 11:12:49
Noun. The forty days of prayer,
repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial that prepares Christians for
Holy Week and imitates Jesus’ own period of fasting, meditation, and temptation in the wilderness. Today it is popular among the pseudoreligious, who abstain from nominal vices such as swearing and eating chocolate. For these vacuous individuals, Lent is a compromise to the taxing, 365-day commitment
New Year’s resolutions demand.
Example:
Tiny decided to give up
biting her
nails for Lent, but forgot about her
resolution within a week.
Lent
by Some Guy Wearing Jeans on Mar 06, 2010 09:59:55
Lent
by Dragonsden22 on Jan 02, 2021 05:10:02
Example:
“
Corey frequently asks for
lent from his father,
Rob.”
“Hey Joe, you got any lent?”
Lent
by Wolf5112 on Feb 14, 2018 09:32:27
A common typo
for rent.
“Yo
eddy, what would you give up for
lent? Mines $600 a month and I’d give up just about anything”
lent
by Andrew Thrillson on Mar 05, 2004 11:33:14
That 40 day long period where Christians attempt to emulate Christ-like suffering and
minimalism through only the
lamest and most
half-assed undertakings.
Example:
Jesus: I
toiled in the desert for 40 days and nights. Then I was beaten until I lost 17.8 litres of blood.
Self-Righteous Christian Tool: I switched to
low-carb beer.
lent
by raekwon on Feb 29, 2004 04:18:53
1 - the 40-day period from
Ash Wednesday until Easter, observed by many Christians as a time for penitence,
fasting, and devotion.
2 - the 40 days immediately following
Mardi Gras, when all sins from that day are supposedly forgiven, regardless.
Example:
He felt bad for raping that
drunk girl in her hotel room on
Bourbon St, but then he remembered that
Lent began the next day.
lent
by mofo on Feb 29, 2004 16:17:57