Lent Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
  2. 6. abstain from all food.
  3. 8. sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  4. 9. punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
  5. 10. metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
Down
  1. 1. of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
  2. 2. annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
  3. 4. fourth day of the week, following Tuesday.
  4. 5. or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
  5. 7. the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
  6. 9. devout petition to God or an object of worship.