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
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The people resort to Rocio in Almonte on Whit Sunday, dressed in holiday garb, and riding in carriages decked with banners.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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
On Whit Sunday, the Church's birthday, we take up the ancient strain of affection: The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth.
From The Christian Use of the Psalter by Arthur Richard Whitham
If it is Whit Sunday, why do we say Easter Day, and not Easter Sunday?
From Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various
She was crowned with unparalleled splendour on Whit Sunday of 1533.
From Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition by Herbert Tree
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