Octave of Easter disciples, with Thomas the Apostle present, on the Sunday following his resurrection. A traditional name in English is Low Sunday, perhaps given this name because of the contrast with the high festival of Easter on the preceding Sunday, or the word "Low" may be a corruption of Latin "Laudes", the first word of a sequence in use in the Sarum Rite. Another name is Quasimodo Sunday, from the first words of the introit in Latin. Easter Week was known as "ebdomada alba" (white week) or "in albis" (in white), because of the white robes that those who had been baptized
Alice (given name) Alice (given name) Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a feminized form of the Old French female name "Alis" (older "Alais"), short form of "Adelais", which is derivation from the Germanic name "Adalhaidis" (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words , meaning "noble" and , meaning "heath(land), heather" or , meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German "Adel" "nobility", "edel" "noble", nominalizing suffix "-heit" "-hood"), hence "of noble character or rank, of nobility". "Alaïs" is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin was also known as Alaïs. Alice was the most popular