White Sunday

English

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs, itself a contraction of Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, i.e. the white robe of baptism traditionally received by those newly baptised at Easter. Doublet of Whitsunday.

Proper noun

White Sunday

  2. Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

References

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