Cā'ren-tāne, n.

n. [It. quarantana, quarentena, quarantena, quarantina, quarentina, Pr. quarantana, Fr. quarantaine, L. Lat. quarantana, quarentena, carentena, from L. Lat. quadragintana, forty, from Lat. quadraginta, forty.] A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. [Obs.] See QUARANTINE. Bp. Taylor.