Whitmonday
[ hwit-muhn-dey, -dee, wit- ]
noun
the Monday following Whitsunday.
Origin of Whitmonday
1First 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 TylerOn 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
the Monday following Whit Sunday
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