Whit-Sunday
101whitsuntide — n. Whit Sunday, Pentecost …
102Pentecost — /ˈpɛntəkɒst/ (say pentuhkost) noun 1. a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the day of the Jewish festival of Shavuot; Whit Sunday. 2. → Shavuot. {Middle English pentecoste, Old English pentecosten …
103Whitsunday Group — /wɪtsʌndeɪ ˈgrup/ (say witsunday groohp) noun 1. a group of islands off the central eastern coast of Qld, the northernmost group of the Cumberland Islands; includes Whitsunday Island and Hamilton Island; forms the Whitsunday Islands National Park …
104Whitsuntide — /ˈwɪtsəntaɪd/ (say witsuhntuyd) noun the week beginning with Whit Sunday, especially the first three days of this week …
105Beaumont, Joseph — (1616 1699) Born at Hadleigh, Leicestershire, educated at the local grammar school and Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Beaumont had a brilliant career. When in 1644 he was one of the royalist fellows ejected from Cambridge, he retired to his… …
106Pentecost — n. Jewish festival, like harvest thanksgiving, on fiftieth day after second day of Passover; modern, Whit Sunday, or the event which it commemorates. ♦ Pentecostal, a. ♦ Pentecostalism, n. charismatic, fundamentalist variety of… …
107Pentecost — ► NOUN 1) the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on Whit Sunday. 2) the Jewish festival of Shavuoth. ORIGIN from Greek pent kost h mera fiftieth day (because the… …
108Whitsuntide — ► NOUN ▪ the weekend or week including Whit Sunday …
109Whitsuntide — n. the weekend or week including Whit Sunday …
110expectation week — noun Usage: capitalized E&W Etymology: so called from its being the period commemorating the apostles expectation of and prayer for the promised coming of the Holy Spirit : the 10 days between Ascension Day and Whitsunday * * * the ten days… …
