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White Sunday

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

Proper noun

White Sunday

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

Synonyms of White Sunday

Origin of White Sunday

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.

Questions about White Sunday

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

Words near White Sunday in the dictionary

  1. white stuff
  2. white sturgeon
  3. white sturgeons
  4. white sugar
  5. White Sulphur Springs
  6. White Sunday
  7. white supremacism
  8. white supremacist
  9. white supremacists
  10. white supremacy
  11. white sweet potato

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