a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
"The bishop asked all the congregation to observe Lent by refraining from meat on Fridays and abstaining from food before noon on Ash Wednesday."
Alternative letter-case form of Lent
"After a long Lent filled with fasting and prayer, the community finally gathered to celebrate Easter."
A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
"The church was unusually quiet during Lent as the congregation prepared for the upcoming Passion of Christ."
The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
simple past tense and past participle of lend
"After I lent my umbrella to her during the rainstorm, she promised to return it before the next storm hit."