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Whit Sunday

Whit Sunday is the alternative form of Whitsunday.

Meaning of Whitsunday

Noun

Whitsunday (plural Whitsundays)

  1. The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
    • Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit
  2. (Scotland) A quarter day falling on 15th May.

See all 3 meanings of Whitsunday

Forms of Whit Sunday

pluralWhit Sundays

Questions about Whit Sunday

What is Whit Sunday the alternative form of?
Whit Sunday is the alternative form of Whitsunday.

Words near Whit Sunday in the dictionary

  1. whists
  2. whit
  3. Whit Monday
  4. Whit Saturday
  5. Whit Saturdays
  6. Whit Sunday
  7. Whit Sundays
  8. Whit Tuesday
  9. whit'cha
  10. Whitacre
  11. Whitacre Heath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Whit Sunday (page history and authors); Whitsunday (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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