Whitsunday
the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
Origin of Whitsunday
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How to use Whitsunday in a sentence
He threw the Perth bailies into prison, and required them, on pain of death, to pay up 54 of the King's Whitsunday rents.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonAy, come next Whitsunday, please God, the lords will know who are the real masters.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerA Huguenot minister was discovered on Whitsunday, in an adjoining village, and brought to Cateau.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdOn the Sunday following—it was Whitsunday—the resolution was published from the pulpits.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignThen he departed from them and took his two cousins with him, and so they came unto Camelot by the hour of underne on Whitsunday.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas Malory
British Dictionary definitions for Whitsunday (1 of 2)
/ (ˌhwɪtˈsʌndɪ, ˌwɪt-) /
(in Scotland) May 15, one of the four quarter days
British Dictionary definitions for Whit Sunday (2 of 2)
the seventh Sunday after Easter, observed as a feast in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles 50 days after Easter: Also called: Pentecost
Origin of Whit Sunday
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