Others suspect that Low Sunday might have developed from "Close Sunday," a name which refers to the close of Easter Week festivities. Most scholars believe the name evolved from "Laud Sunday." In Latin laud means "praise." It is the first word of a hymn sung before the Gospel reading, a selection from Christian scripture describing the life and teachings of Jesus, set for this day.
Today most English speakers call the Sunday following Easter Low Sunday. The Latin version of this prayer begins, Quasi modo geniti, meaning "As newborn babes," a phrase taken from Christian scripture (1 Peter 2:2). In western Europe, the Sunday after Easter was long known as Dominica in albis, a Latin phrase meaning "Sunday in albs" or "Alb Sunday." The name calls attention to the albs, or white robes, worn by the newly baptized and is therefore sometimes translated as "White Sunday." This day has also been called "Quasimodo Sunday" after the Latin phrase from the introit, a short prayer assigned to the day's church services. They did leave one mark on the holiday, however. Accordingly, the baptismal customs associated with Easter Week faded away. As time passed priests baptized more and more people on days other than Easter. After the close of the service they returned the robes and began their roles as ordinary members of the congregation. On the Sunday after Easter they appeared in church dressed in their white robes for the last time. They wore their white robes during these church visits. In the week following Easter Sunday they returned to church daily for further instruction in Christian doctrine and ceremony. These robes symbolized their joy and their new membership in the Christian church. After their baptisms the priest or his assistants dressed them in white robes. During that era many adult converts to the Christian religion were baptized at the Easter Vigil service. In early Christian times it marked the end of the ceremonies surrounding Easter baptisms. Octave of Easter, Quasimodo Sunday, White Sunday Alb Sunday, Antipascha, Dominica in albis, Laud Sunday,
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