Etymology

Gaudete Sunday

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Latin gaudēte
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  1. Latin · derived fromgaudēte“rejoice”
  2. English todayGaudete Sunday

From Latin gaudēte (“rejoice”), which is the first word of the Latin-language introit for this Sunday.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.