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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lent·en, a.
 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.
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