Definition of Whitsonday
Whitsunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter, a festival day of the
Church kept in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Ghost.
- Wikipedia
Whit"sun*day (?), n. [White +
Sunday.] 1. (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, in the primitive church,
those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and
Pentecost in white garments.
2. (Scots Law) See the Note under
Term, n., 12.
Whit"sun*day (?), n. [White +
Sunday.] 1. (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, in the primitive church,
those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and
Pentecost in white garments.
2. (Scots Law) See the Note under
Term, n., 12.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Sunday of the feast of Whitsun, seven weeks after Easter
- (Scotland) A quarter day, falling on 15th May
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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