White Sunday

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

词源

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs, itself a contraction of Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, i.e. the white robe of baptism traditionally received by those newly baptised at Easter. Doublet of Whitsunday.
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