Quasimodo
noun
Qua·si·mo·do
ˌkwä-si-ˈmō-(ˌ)dō 
ˌkwä-zi-
: the Sunday following Easter
This formal extension or anticlimax of Easter Week is known as … Low Sunday to English-speaking Christians, except for Catholics everywhere, who call it Quasimodo after the first words of its Latin Mass …—
Christian Roy
Christian RoyThe name Quasimodo Sunday comes from the Introit of the mass which is said on this day.—Rev. Jon Bergen
Rev. Jon BergenÁlvarez Maldonado left Cuzco on Quasimodo or Low Sunday, two weeks after the campaign was announced …—John Hemming
John Hemmingcalled also Low Sunday
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“Quasimodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Quasimodo. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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Quasimodo
biographical name
Qua·si·mo·do
kwä-ˈzē-mə-ˌdō
Salvatore
ˌsäl-vä-ˈtō-(ˌ)rā
1901–1968 Italian poet and critic
1901–1968 Italian poet and critic
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