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Dominica in Albis
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Latin
Etymology
la Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or la dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, i.e. the white robe of baptism traditionally received by those newly baptised at Easter.
Proper noun
Dominica<1.both> in Albīs f
la ecclesiastical en White Sunday, the en Sunday after en Easter
la 1588 w:Robert Bellarmine De Baptismo et Confirmatione On Baptism and Confirmation book 1, chapter 27 Unde etiam in Missa Dominicae in Albis legitur propter neophytos illud ex epistola Petri: Quasi modo geniti infantes lac concupiscite. On this account, furthermore, in the mass for White Sunday the following is read for the neophytes from the epistle of Peter: “Yearn for milk like newborn babes.”
Declension
Dominica<1.both> in Albīs
Category:Ecclesiastical Latin