Whitsunday

Whitsunday
Pentecost Pen"te*cost, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. ? fiftieth, fr. ? fifty, fr. ? five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the {Feast of Weeks}. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. [1913 Webster]

2. A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also {Whitsunday}. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Whitsunday — • A feast which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Whitsunday — See quarter day. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

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

  • Whitsunday — [hwit′sun′dā, wit′sun′dā; hwit′sun′dē, wit′sun′dē; hwit′sən dā΄, wit′sən dā΄] n. [ME whitsondei < OE Hwita Sunnandæg, lit., white Sunday: prob. from the white garments of candidates for baptism] PENTECOST (sense 2) …   English World dictionary

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