Bible Dictionaries
Ash Wednesday
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
The first day of Lent, so called from the custom of marking the foreheads of the faithful with blessed ashes. Its date depends upon that of Easter.
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Entry for 'Ash Wednesday'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/ash-wednesday.html. 1910.