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whitsunday::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pentecost |
| Type of | quarter day |
Examples of whitsunday
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Whitsunday Regional Council had 16 callouts to remove cattle from roads last financial year, while Isaac Regional Council gets about one complaint a month.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Whitsunday was originally the feast of Pentecost, around which a great many christenings would occur, so it became associated with the color white.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Pentecost: seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
- (Whitsundays) The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. ...
- 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
- The old name for Pentecost Sunday, the day described in Acts 2. As of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the day became known as Pentecost. The term "Whitsun" is a corruption of the German "Pfingsten," which means "pentecost" or "fiftieth," which is how many days Pentecost occurs after Easter. ...
- Another name for the feast of Pentecost. Whit means White, in earlier times the newly baptized wore the white robes of Baptism on This day.
