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
This feast took place April 14, Low Sunday, on a very pleasant day; the cold could not enter the house, and if it had, the roaring stoves would have soon conquered it.
From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard
Eastertide, 1018-- A son is born to Alfgar and Ethelgiva; and today, Low Sunday, they presented their babe to Him who said, "Suffer little children to come unto me."
From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
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
Not Low Sunday with us; that is after Easter Day.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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