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Whit Sunday

(US Whitsunday)
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Definition of Whit Sunday

noun

  • the seventh Sunday after Easter, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2). Also called Pentecost.

Origin:

late Old English Hwīta Sunnandǣg, literally 'white Sunday', probably with reference to the white robes of those newly baptized at Pentecost

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