Definisjon av Whitsun

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Noun

Whitsun - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
Whitsuntide, Whitweek
season one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
whitsunday, pentecost seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
whitmonday, whitsun monday the day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland
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Substantiv

Whitsun - Whitsunday.
Whitsun - The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.

Adjektiv

Whitsun - Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

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  • Whitsun (Also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday is a festival which originated from the pagan celebration of Summer's Day, the beginning of the Summer half-year, in Europe. In France and England it took on some characteristics of Beltane. Whitsun was later incorporated into Pentecost in the Christian calendar which is the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ.

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  • Whitsun
    Feast on the fifthieth day after Passover which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

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