whitsunday
Collocations
3ADJ.
eastern, white
WHITSUNDAY + NOUN
islands, sunday
PREP.
in, off
Definitions
noun
The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit
Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.
A quarter day falling on 15th May.
name
A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.
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noun — seventh Sunday after Easter
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4Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit
WiktionaryJesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.
WiktionaryAn older name for this day [Pentecost] is Whitsunday, or “white Sunday,” named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised.
WiktionaryHe was bitten by a shark November 5 at Cid Harbour, a large and popular anchorage in the Whitsunday Islands off eastern Australia.
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