WHITSUNDAY
\wˈɪtsəndˌe͡ɪ], \wˈɪtsəndˌeɪ], \w_ˈɪ_t_s_ə_n_d_ˌeɪ]\
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seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
By Princeton University
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n. The seventh Sunday after Easter a festival commemorative Of the decent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost--.so called, because, In the primitive church, those ashes had been newly baptized appeared in white garments Scotland, the midsummer term day for payment of rents, interest rift ; the fifteenth of May :--also Whitsuntide.
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].