Period of forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday in the Christian Church (4)

I believe the answer is:

lent

(Other definitions for lent that I've seen before include "Fast time" , "From Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday" , "Christian penitential period" , "Loaned; a fast" , "Forty days of fasting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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