Low Sunday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Low Sunday
First recorded in 1505–15
Example Sentences
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Slow and Low Sunday Meals I’m by myself now while I’m up here working, but still, on Sundays, it’s in my veins to put on a pot, low and slow.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
It takes its name from the Paschal festival or Easter, whose services end with Low Sunday, the octave, or eighth day, of Easter.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
On Low Sunday we left Hebron and rode back to Jerusalem, where I enjoyed several days quietly among the holy sites.
From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by Wilkins, W. H.
Low Sunday.—The first Sunday after Easter is the Octave of the Queen of Festivals and is commonly called "Low Sunday."
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
On Low Sunday the Father Superior convened a full Chapter of the Order, to which were summoned Brother Dominic, the head of the Sandgate house, and Brother Anselm.
From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton
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