[hwit-suhn-dey, -dee, wit-; hwit-suh
n-dey, wit-] 
| the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. |
| 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.] |
