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Alb Sunday

Alb Sunday proper noun: synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

Proper noun

Alb Sunday

  1. Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).
    Synonyms:
    Quasimodo

Synonyms of Alb Sunday

Origin of Alb Sunday

From Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs, itself a contraction of Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, so called because, in the early church, those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

Questions about Alb Sunday

What does Alb Sunday mean?
Alb Sunday means synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).
What part of speech is Alb Sunday?
Alb Sunday is a proper noun.

Words near Alb Sunday in the dictionary

  1. Alazani
  2. alazocine
  3. Alazon
  4. Alaşehir
  5. alb
  6. Alb Sunday
  7. Alb.
  8. alba
  9. Alba Iulia
  10. Alba Longa
  11. Albac

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