proper nounfirst declension
Dominica in Albīs
Dominica in Albīs f (genitive Dominicae in Albīs)
Meaning
- EcclesiasticalLatinWhite Sunday, the Sunday after Easter
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.”1588, Robert Bellarmine, De Baptismo et Confirmatione [On Baptism and Confirmation], book 1, chapter 27:
Declension
| form | 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 |
Origins
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.