Whitsunday

n.

See Pentecost (sense 1).

[Middle English whitsonday, from Old English hwīta sunnandæg, White Sunday (from the white ceremonial robes worn on this day) : hwīt, white; see white + sunnandæg, Sunday; see Sunday.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
  Synonym: Pentecost

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Français (French)
n. - le dimanche de Pentecôte

Español (Spanish)
n. - domingo de Pentecostés

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