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  1. n. Lent.
  2. n. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
  3. n. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
  4. adj. of or relating to or suitable for Lent
  5. Lent. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood. And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. Dryden. 2. Spare, meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. "Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer." Shak. " Lenten suit." Beau. & Fl. Lenten color, black or violet. F. G. Lee.
  6. Lent. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
  7. a. of or relating to or suitable for Lent