Lent (disambiguation)

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
 * 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