Low Sunday

noun

1. the first Sunday after Easter.

Low Sunday

noun

1. the Sunday after Easter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Low Sunday¹

First recorded in 1505–15

Word History and Origins

Origin of Low Sunday¹

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

Example Sentences

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

He was obliged to return to Milan on Low Sunday, April 7, as on that day expired the term of fifteen days which he had assigned to a contumacious heretic.

From Project Gutenberg

Marriage comes in on the 13th of January, and at Septuagessima Sunday it is out again until Low Sunday, at which time it comes in again, and goes not out till Rogation Sunday.

From Project Gutenberg

The Paschal Season extends from Septuagesima Sunday to Low Sunday, a period of seventy days.

From Project Gutenberg

Low Sunday.—The first Sunday after Easter is the Octave of the Queen of Festivals and is commonly called "Low Sunday."

From Project Gutenberg