Definition of Low Sunday

1. Noun. The Sunday following Easter.

Generic synonyms: Christian Holy Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Sunday

Lovecraftian
Lovelace
Lovell
Loven reflex
Lovibond's angle
Lovibond's profile sign
Lovina
Lovoa
Lovoa klaineana
Low Archipelago
Low Countries
Low German
Low Latin
Low Saxon
Low Sunday (current term)
Lowe's syndrome
Lowe-Terrey-MacLachlan syndrome
Lowell
Lowell Jackson Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Lowellian
Lowenberg's canal
Lowenberg's forceps
Lowenberg's scala
Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium
Lowenstein-Jensen medium
Lower's ring
Lower's tubercle
Lower-Normandy

Literary usage of Low Sunday

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"Indeed it is directly at variance with the very words of the Gospel read on Low Sunday ; for St. John says, " The disciples therefore were glad when they ..."

2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"Other writers have supposed that it was called Low Sunday because it is the lowest or latest day that is allowed for satisfying of the Easter obligation, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In later centuries the time has been variously extended: at Naples from Palm Sunday to Ascension; at Palermo from Ash Wednesday to Low Sunday. ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"Low Sunday." As far as I know, the English language is the only one in which ... Low Sunday has heen a difficulty to me for years, and I have consulted all ..."

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