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Whit⋅sun⋅day

  [hwit-suhn-dey, -dee, wit-; hwit-suhn-dey, wit-]
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the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME whitsonenday, OE Hwīta Sunnandæg white Sunday; prob. so called because the newly baptized wore white robes on that day
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Pen·te·cost   (pěn'tĭ-kôst', -kŏst')   
n.  
  1. The seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Also called Whitsunday.
  2. Judaism See Shavuot.

[Middle English pentecoste, from Old English Pentecosten, from Late Latin Pentēcostē, from Greek pentēkostē (hēmerā), fiftieth (day), feminine of pentēkostos, fiftieth, from pentēkonta, fifty; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
Whit·sun·day   (hwĭt'sən-dē, -dā', wĭt'-)   
n.  See Pentecost.

[Middle English whitsonday, from Old English hwīta sunnandæg, White Sunday (from the white ceremonial robes worn on this day) : hwīt, white; see white + sunnandæg, Sunday; see Sunday.]
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Whitsunday

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.
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Whitsunday 
"Pentecost," late O.E. Hwita Sunnandæg "white Sunday," possibly from the white baptismal robes worn by newly baptized Christians on this day.
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