Whit Sunday
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Whit Sunday
Old English hwīta sunnandæg white Sunday, probably named after the ancient custom of wearing white robes at or after baptism
Example Sentences
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On the 22nd of May, 337—it was Whit Sunday, the appropriate festival of the newly baptised—about noon, the great Emperor breathed his last.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
It was Saturday, May 27, the day before Whit Sunday.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
Such a dole existed at St Briavel’s, Gloucestershire, baskets of bread and cheese cut into small squares being thrown by the churchwardens from the gallery into the body of the church on Whit Sunday.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
Now it was the King's custom that he would eat no food on the day of Pentecost, which we call Whit Sunday, until he had heard or seen some great marvel.
From The Book of Romance by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
At St. Petersburg, not many years ago, an annual sale of wives was held on Whit Sunday, after the same plan followed by the Assyrians.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
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