White Sunday

proper noun

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

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Quasimodo
OriginEcclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

    Synonyms: Quasimodo

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

Similar
Quasimodo
Also see
quasimodo

Origin

  1. Ecclesiastical LatinDominica in Albīs
  2. EnglishWhite 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.

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APA

White Sunday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Sunday

MLA

“White Sunday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Sunday. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “White Sunday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Sunday.

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