[Cf. quot. 1866.] The Sunday next after Easter Sunday.
1431. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 275. Ye sonday next aftyr low-sonday.
1511. Nottingham Rec., III. 329. In ye weke next after Lowe Sondey.
a. 1633. Austin, Medit. (1635), 168. Low-Sunday. Inferius Pascha. The Lower Easter-Sunday.
1710. Hearne, Collect., 16 April (O. H. S.), II. 373. This Day being Low-Sunday.
1866. Annot. Bk. Com. Pr., 107. The popular name of Low Sunday has probably arisen from the contrast between the joys of Easter and the first return to ordinary Sunday services.
