Low Sunday

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noun

the first Sunday after Easter.

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Also called Quasimodo.

Origin of Low Sunday

First recorded in 1505–15

Words nearby Low Sunday

low road, Lowry, lowse, lowside window, low-spirited, Low Sunday, low-tar, low-tech, low technology, low-tension, low-test

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How to use Low Sunday in a sentence

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for Low Sunday

Low Sunday

noun

the Sunday after Easter

Word Origin for Low Sunday

probably so named because of its relative unimportance in contrast with Easter Sunday

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