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Definition of whitsunday in English Turkish dictionary
- i., Hrist. paskalyadan sonraki yedinci pazar gününe rastlayan bir yortu
- Whitsun
- Paskalya yortusundan sonraki yedinci pazar günü
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English - English
Definition of whitsunday in English English dictionary
- The Sunday of the feast of Pentecost, seven weeks after Easter, when traditionally many Christians would be baptised, wearing white clothes
- A quarter day, falling on 15th May
- {i} Christian holiday of Pentecost
- seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
- See the Note under Term, 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
- Whitsun
whitsunday
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Whit·sun·dayPronunciation
Etymology
() Contraction of white SundayResimler
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