Lent, in Western Christianity, is the period before the Christian holy day of Easter.

Lent may also refer to:

Christian observances

  • Great Lent, in Eastern Christianity, the period that corresponds to Western Lent
  • Jack o' Lent, an event in medieval England involving the burning of an effigy of Judas Iscariot made of straw and rags
  • Lent Event, community based Christian social justice movement
  • Lent in Malta, numerous religious traditions, most of them inherited from one generation to the next, that are part of the Paschal celebrations in the Maltese Islands

Places

  • Lent, Ain, a commune in Ain, France
  • Lent, Jura, a commune in Jura, France
  • Lent, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Lent Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, a township in the U.S.
  • Lent Homestead and Cemetery, a historic cemetery in New York City
  • Lent, Maribor, an old part of Maribor, Slovenia

People with the surname

  • Abraham Lent (1789–1873), Nova Scotia politician
  • Abraham Lent (New York City) (1815–1882), New York politician
  • Arie van Lent (b. 1970), Dutch-German footballer
  • Berkeley Lent (1921–2007), American politician and jurist in the state of Oregon
  • Blair Lent (1930–2009), American author and illustrator of mostly Chinese-themed books
  • Gladys H. Lent-Barndollar (1872-1938), American businesswoman and clubwoman
  • Helmut Lent (1918–1944), German night fighter ace in World War II
  • James Lent (1782–1833), U.S. Representative from New York
  • James Lent (Nova Scotia politician) (1753–1838)
  • John Lent (b. 1948), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Michael Lent (visual artist), co-creator and publisher of Toby Room magazine
  • Norman F. Lent (1931–2012), Conservative Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
  • Willis Lent (1904–1959), rear admiral in the United States Navy

Art, entertainment, and media

  • Lent (album), an album by Dallas Crane
  • Lent Festival, arts festival in Lent, Maribor, Slovenia
  • Lent Talks, a series of talks, normally broadcast on BBC Radio in the United Kingdom, to mark the Christian season of Lent
  • The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559), an oil-on-panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • Lent, a 2019 fantasy novel by Jo Walton

Events

  • "Buddhist Lent", a commonly used term for Vassa or Rains Retreat, a three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners in Burma, which takes place during the wet season
  • Lent term, spring academic term at certain British universities

Sports

  • Lent Bumps or Lents, a set of rowing races held annually in Cambridge

See also

  • Lending
  • Lentic ecosystem, a lake ecosystem
  • Lenting, a municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany
  • Lento (disambiguation)
  • Lents (disambiguation)
  • Lint (disambiguation)