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1. (n.) Whitsunday
the Christian festival of Pentecost.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME whitsonenday, OE Hwīta Sunnandæg white Sunday; prob. so called because the newly baptized wore white robes on that day)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Pentecost, Whitsunday
seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
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1. (noun) whitsunday
the seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments
2. (noun) whitsunday
see the Note under Term, n., 12
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. whitsunday
the seventh Sunday after Easter, a festival day of the Church kept in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Ghost.
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