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Whitsunday
Whitsunday Whit"sun*day, n. [White + Sunday.] 1. (Eccl.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments. 2. (Scots Law) See the Note under Term, n., 12.
Whitsunday
Pentecost Pen"te*cost, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. ? fiftieth, fr. ? fifty, fr. ? five. See Five, and cf. Pingster.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. 2. A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday. --Shak.

Meaning of Whitsundays from wikipedia

- recognised native title in the Whitsunday Region. The islands are within the locality of Whitsundays and the local government Whitsunday Region. In 2009, as part...
- 7300°E / -20.2754; 148.7300 (Whitsundays (mainland area))) near the Airlie Sports Park. In the 2016 census, Whitsundays had a po****tion of 2,269 people...
- Whitsunday, Whitsundays and Whit Sunday may also refer to: One of the Scottish term days, always falling in modern times on 15 May Whitsunday Islands, an...
- 19 March 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010. "No de-amalgamation for Whitsundays". Whitsunday Times. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July...
- Whitsunday Islands National Park "A brief history of the Whitsundays". Sailing Whitsundays. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved...
- The Whitsunday Times was a w****ly newspaper covering the Whitsunday Shire in North Queensland, Australia. It continues on as digital-only masthead. Its...
- Whitsunday Times. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014. "Jetstar's new flights between Adelaide and the Whitsundays...
- Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Legislative ****embly of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It extends from the northern suburbs of Mackay to...
- Solway L**** in the Whitsundays. "Solway L**** | Whitsundays Overnight Sailing Tours". Solway L****. Retrieved 26 August 2023. "Whitsundays History". Solway...
- The Shire of Whitsunday was a local government area located in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town...