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Judica Sunday

Judica Sunday proper noun: synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.

Proper noun

Judica Sunday

  1. Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
    • Thus in 1647, I in all humility accepted this removal, and preached my trial sermon on Judica Sunday, in the presence of the parishioners and commissaries.1862, Mrs. Malcolm (translator), Gustav Freytag (author), Martin Bötzinger (primary source), Pictures of German Life In the XVᵗʰ, XVIᵗʰ and XVIIᵗʰ Centuries, volume 2, page 115, Chapman and Hall...
    • The diet at Nuremberg was to be held on Invocavit Sunday, 2nd March, and that at the Emperor’s Court on Judica Sunday, 3Oth March.1906, Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages, page 96
    Synonyms:
    Passion Sunday

Synonyms of Judica Sunday

Origin of Judica Sunday

From Latin Judica (“Judge!”), from the first word of the introit of the day's mass, traditionally a Latin translation of Psalm 43.

Questions about Judica Sunday

What does Judica Sunday mean?
Judica Sunday means synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
What part of speech is Judica Sunday?
Judica Sunday is a proper noun.

Words near Judica Sunday in the dictionary

  1. judgy pants
  2. judgy-pants
  3. Judi
  4. Judi Dench
  5. Judica
  6. Judica Sunday
  7. judicable
  8. Judicael
  9. judicare
  10. judicate
  11. judicated

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