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Whitsunday

noun
1.
Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland.  Synonym: Pentecost.





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"Whitsunday" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Holy Trinity. It was in a former Trinity Chapel that he had said his first Mass, and whether on this account or another, his devotion was such that it was he who first established that Feast, till then merely the octave of Whitsunday. His shrine then was well placed in the Chapel ...
— England of My Heart—Spring • Edward Hutton
... of notes at present in circulation throughout Scotland is estimated at three millions, or at the very utmost three millions and a half. At certain times of the year, such as the great legal terms of Whitsunday and Martinmas, when money is universally paid over and received, there is, of course, a corresponding increase of issue for the moment which demands an extra supply of notes. It is never considered safe for a bank to have a smaller amount of notes ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 • Various


Words linked to "Whitsunday" :   Whitsuntide, quarter day, Whitweek, Pentecost, Whitsun


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