Whitsunday

wɪtˈsʌndeɪ

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#1·5h ago

(Christianity) The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.

Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.

Origin: , from , from , probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(Scotland) A quarter day falling on 15th May.

An older name for this day [Pentecost] is Whitsunday, or “white Sunday,” named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised.

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