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Whitsunday
Whitsunday. The feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the 50th day after Easter (see PENTECOST). It ranks, after Easter, as the second greatest festival in the Church. In the W. the vigil of Pentecost soon became a secondary date for Baptisms, with a ceremony resembling that of the Paschal Vigil Service, and the name ‘Whitsunday’ is said to derive from the white robes worn by the newly baptized on that day. In the RC Church the Sundays between Whitsunday and Advent were, until 1969, reckoned as ‘Sundays after Pentecost’; in the E. Church the Sundays outside the period Lent-Eastertide are still so reckoned, though the feast itself is kept as that of the Holy Trinity, the Monday following being designated of the Holy Spirit. For current divisions of the ecclesiastical year see YEAR, LITURGICAL.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Whitsunday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Whitsunday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Whitsunday.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Whitsunday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Whitsunday.html |
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Whitsunday
Whit·sun·day / ˈ(h)witˈsənˌdā/ • n. another term for Pentecost (sense 1). |
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"Whitsunday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Whitsunday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-whitsunday.html "Whitsunday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-whitsunday.html |
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Whitsunday
Whitsunday, Australia An island off the coast of Queensland, named by Captain James Cook† who saw it on Whit Sunday 1770.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitsunday." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitsunday." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Whitsunday.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitsunday." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Whitsunday.html |
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Whitsunday
Whitsunday see Pentecost . |
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"Whitsunday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Whitsunday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Whitsund.html "Whitsunday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Whitsund.html |
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