Meanings
- CatholicismSynonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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 962 more examples
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 (London)The fifth Sunday is “Judicia.” (Judge. Psalm 43:I.) Judicia Sunday is sometimes also called Black Sunday in contrast with the Sunday before it, and the nearness of the dark sorrows of Passion Week and Good Friday.
1950, “Luther League Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Lutheran Church in AmericaSynonyms: Passion Sunday
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
Origin
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