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Whitsunday

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

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(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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#2·Apr 27, 2026

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

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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"Whitsunday" means: The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.

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"Whitsunday" means: The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.

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