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Whit·sunday (hwit′sun′dā, wit′-; -dē; -sən dā′)
noun
Pentecost (sense )
Etymology: ME whitsondei < OE Hwita Sunnandæg, lit., white Sunday: prob. from the white garments of candidates for baptism
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