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Laetare
Fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, i.e. third Sunday before Easter, in Western Christianity
- Also called Mothering Sunday, mid-Lent Sunday, Refreshment Sunday
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When it is kept
The days of the year it is kept, as its record gives them.
- As recorded Easter − 21 days
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