Laetaren.
/liːˈtɛːri//lʌɪˈtɑːri/ attributive (with Sunday) or elliptical. Mid-Lent Sunday.
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Laetare1870
1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 491/1 Lætare Sunday. The fourth Sunday in Lent is so called from the first word of the Introit.
1886 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob 6 We would notify the Catholic neighbours the day before ‘Lætare-Sunday’ (as we called our Mass-day).
1921 Spectator 19 Feb. 243/2 The Fourth Sunday of Lent or Mothering Sunday, called ‘Laetare’ from the opening word of the Introit.
1951 R. A. Knox Stimuli iii. vi. 100 The Church gives us Laetare Sunday in the middle of Lent.
1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 792/2 Laetare Sunday..is also known as Mothering Sunday and Refreshment Sunday.
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