Whitmonday

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

noun

1. the Monday following Whitsunday.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Whitmonday¹

First recorded in 1550–60; modeled on Whitsunday

Example Sentences

On Whitmonday the children of his village were to march to an adjoining village for a Sunday school rally.

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The King then ordered one Fulthorp to sentence him to decapitation, who forthwith complied; and the Archbishop was carried to execution with every mark of disgrace, on Whitmonday, June 8th.

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The ensuing day, Whitmonday, is a great secular festival.

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Clara did not reply, but after a pause of a minute or two, she asked Mrs Caffyn whether it would not be possible for them all to go into the country on Whitmonday? 

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