Quadragesima is a name for the first Sunday in ____ (4)

I believe the answer is:

lent

(Other definitions for lent that I've seen before include "Period from Ash Wednesday to Easter" , "Forty days of fasting" , "days before Easter" , "Christian penitential season" , "Loaned; a fast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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