WHIT


Meaning of WHIT in English

adj. connected with, belonging to, or following Whit Sunday (Whit Monday; Whit weekend). Whit Sunday the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2).

[ OE Hwita Sunnand‘g, lit. white Sunday, prob. f. the white robes of the newly-baptized at Pentecost ]

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