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Commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles
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whitsunday
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whitsunday \Whit"sun*day\, n. [White + Sunday.] (Eccl.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Pentecost," late Old English Hwita Sunnandæg "white Sunday" (see white (adj.)); possibly so called from the white baptismal robes worn by newly baptized Christians on this day. Related: Whitsuntide .
Usage examples of whitsunday.
Through the panes appears a broad flat lawn adorned with vases and figures on pedestals, and entirely surrounded by trees--just now in their first fresh green under the morning rays of Whitsunday.
And on Whitsunday he achieved the sword as it is rehearsed in the book of Sangreal.
Then he departed from them and took his two cousins with him, and so they came unto Camelot by the hour of underne on Whitsunday.