大たい斎さい

noun

Great Lent; Great Fast

Christian term for the 40-day Lenten period of fasting and penitence before Easter.

• 東とう方ほう正せい教きょう会かいでは大たい斎さいの期き間かん中ちゅう、肉にくや乳にゅう製せい品ひんを断たつ。

  In the Eastern Orthodox Church, meat and dairy products are abstained from during Great Lent.