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Complete Definition of "Whitsunday"

English

Alternative spellings
Whit Sunday

Etymology
Contraction of white Sunday

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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 Whitsunday 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.

  1. Scotland A quarter day, falling on 15th May

Derived terms
Whitsun
w:Whitsunday Islands|Whitsunday Islands

Category:Calendar terms

es:Whitsunday
pt:Whitsunday

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