Dominica in Albis

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis 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.

Proper noun

Dominica in Albīs f (genitive Dominicae in Albīs); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) White Sunday, the Sunday after Easter
   • 1588, 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

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Dominica in Albīs	Dominicae in Albīs
Genitive	Dominicae in Albīs	Dominicārum in Albīs
Dative	Dominicae in Albīs	Dominicīs in Albīs
Accusative	Dominicam in Albīs	Dominicās in Albīs
Ablative	Dominicā in Albīs	Dominicīs in Albīs
Vocative	Dominica in Albīs	Dominicae in Albīs