Low Sunday

Low Sunday
Low Sunday: • The first Sunday after Easter
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    The first Sunday after Easter. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it is apparently intended to indicate the contrast between it and the great Easter festival immediately preceding, and also, perhaps, to signify that, being the Octave Day of Easter, it was considered part of that feast, though in a lower degree. Its liturgical name is Dominica in albis depositis, derived from the fact that on it the neophytes, who had been baptized on Easter Eve, then for the first time laid aside their white baptismal robes. St. Augustine mentions this custom in a sermon for the day, and it is also alluded to in the Eastertide Vesper hymn, "Ad regias Agni dapes" (or, in its older form, "Ad cœnam Agni providi"), written by an ancient imitator of St. Ambrose. Low Sunday is also called by some liturgical writers Pascha clausum, signifying the close of the Easter Octave, and "Quasimodo Sunday", from the Introit at Mass — "Quasi modo geniti infantes, rationabile, sine dolo lac concupiscite", — which words are used by the Church with special reference to the newly baptized neophytes, as well as in general allusion to man's renovation through the Resurrection. The latter name is still common in parts of France and Germany.

    DURAND, Rationale Divini Officii (Venice, 1568); MARTÈNE, De Antiguis Monachorum Ritibus (Lyons. 1790); GUÉRANGER, L'Année liturgique, tr. SHEPHERD, The Liturgical Year (Dublin, 1867); LEROSEY, Histoire et symbolisme de la Liturgie (Paris, 1889); BATIFFOL, Histoire du Bréviaire Romaine (Paris, 1893).

    G. CYPRIAN ALSTON.

    Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ

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Low Sunday — Low Low (l[=o]), a. [Compar. {Lower} (l[=o] [ e]r); superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw. l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [1913 Webster] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Low Sunday — Sunday Sun day, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Low Sunday — n. the first Sunday after Easter … English World dictionary
Low Sunday — The first Sunday after Easter is the Octave of the Queen of Festivals and is commonly called Low Sunday. It is so called from its contrast with the High Festival of Easter Day. The same note of holy joy is struck, but lower down on the scale … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Low Sunday — Low Sun|day the Sunday following Easter … Dictionary of contemporary English
Low Sunday — Low′ Sun′day n. rel the first Sunday after Easter • Etymology: 1505–15 … From formal English to slang
Low Sunday — /loʊ ˈsʌndeɪ/ (say loh sunday) noun the Sunday next after Easter …
Low Sunday — noun Date: 15th century the Sunday following Easter … New Collegiate Dictionary
Low Sunday — the first Sunday after Easter. Also called Quasimodo. [1505 15] * * * … Universalium
LOW SUNDAY — name given in Catholic countries to the next Sunday after Easter, in contrast with the style of the festival just closed … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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