Sexagesʹima Sunday.

The second Sunday before Lent; so called because in round numbers it is sixty days before Easter.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Seven Wise Masters
Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Years Lease
Seven Years War (The)
Several = separate;
Severn
Severus (St.)
Sèvres Ware
Sew the Button on
Sex
Sexagesima Sunday
Sextile
Sexton
Seyd [Seed]
Sforza
Shack
Shaddock
Shades
Shadoff or Shadoof
Shadow
Shadow (To)