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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Whitsunday' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions Whitsunday noun  The Sunday of the feast of Pentecost, seven weeks after Easter, when traditionally many Christians would be baptised, wearing white clothes 1773: John Byrom, On in Miscellaneous Poems - Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said. 2004: Vicki K Black, Welcome to the Church Year: An Introduction to the Seasons of the Episcopal Church - An older name for this day Pentecost is Whitsunday, or "white Sunday," named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised. (Scotland) A quarter day, falling on 15th May Etymology: Contraction of white Sunday        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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