"Whitsunday" is a word in ENGLISH
See the Note under Term, n., 12.
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.
He nibbled on my lower lip again and pulled away, his breathing loud and labored. I opened my eyes and met two blue orbs so dark with desire that it almost made me lose all train of thought and strip naked. His lips were red and a little swollen from our kiss. And I'd be damned if I didn't want to nibble on his lower lip, too.
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A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the …
Read the complete definitionOfferings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
Read the complete definitionIn ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pente-cost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by Inferior …
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. An annual rent paid to cathedral churches; another name for the pentecostals or customary oblations offered …
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