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Oculi Sundayn.  Brit.  /ˌɒkjᵿlʌɪ ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˌɒkjᵿlʌɪ ˈsʌndi/, /ˌɒkjᵿlɪ ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˌɒkjᵿlɪ ˈsʌndi/, U.S. /ˈɑkjəˌlaɪ ˈsənˌdeɪ/, /ˈɑkjəˌlaɪ ˈsəndi/Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculī , oculus , Sunday n. and adv. Etymology: < classical Latin oculī (in the post-classical Latin phrase Oculi mei semper ad Dominum ‘My eyes are ever on the Lord’, at the beginning of the introit used on this Sunday (Psalm 25 [24 in the Vulgate] 15)), plural of oculus eye (see oculus n.) + Sunday n. and adv. Compare post-classical Latin oculi mei as the name for this Sunday (c1000, c1300 in British sources), Middle French, French oculi (1405), German Okuli. rare. 1884 A. H. Pearson tr. 82 Third Sunday in Lent, or Oculi.] 1902 at Oculus Oculi Sunday, a name for the third Sunday in Lent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1902 |