WHITSUNDAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Whitsunday mean? 

• WHITSUNDAY (noun)
  The noun WHITSUNDAY has 1 sense:

1. seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland

  Familiarity information: WHITSUNDAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITSUNDAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Pentecost; Whitsunday

Hypernyms ("Whitsunday" is a kind of...):

quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)

Holonyms ("Whitsunday" is a part of...):

Whitsun; Whitsuntide; Whitweek (Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days))