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Whit⋅sun⋅day
[hwit-suhn-dey, -dee, wit-; hwit-suh
n-dey, wit-]
–noun
| 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
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.
[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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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