# Whitsunday

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/ · frequency rank #72,028

## Definitions
1. The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
2. A quarter day falling on 15th May.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Whitsonday, from whit (“white”) + Sonday (“Sunday”), from Old English hwīt sunnandæg, probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England. Doublet of White Sunday.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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