Word
Whitsunday
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
whit-sun-day
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - See the Note under Term, n., 12.
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