| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Whitsunday |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Whit·sun·day |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hw t s n-d , -d  , wt- |
| NOUN: | See Pentecost (sense 1). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English whitsonday, from Old English hw ta sunnandæg, White Sunday (from the white ceremonial robes worn on this day) : hwt, white; see white + sunnandæg, Sunday; see Sunday.
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