Whitmonday

[ hwit-muhn-dey, -dee, wit- ]

noun
  1. the Monday following Whitsunday.

Origin of Whitmonday

1
First recorded in 1550–60; modeled on Whitsunday

Words Nearby Whitmonday

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How to use Whitmonday in a sentence

  • The Archbishop was beheaded on Whitmonday (June 8) in the year 1405.

    Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 | J. Endell Tyler
  • On Whitmonday the children of his village were to march to an adjoining village for a Sunday school rally.

    The Story of Our Hymns | Ernest Edwin Ryden

British Dictionary definitions for Whit Monday

Whit Monday

noun
  1. the Monday following Whit Sunday

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