Whitsun

hwit′sun, adj. pertaining to, or observed at, Whit sun tide .— ns. Whit′sun-ale , a festival formerly held at Whit sun tide ; Whit′sunday , Whit′suntide , the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the day of Pentecost, when the converts in the primitive Church wore white robes: in Scotland, one of the term-days (May 15) on which rents, annuities, . are payable, the Whit sunday removal terms in towns being fixed as May 28; Whit′suntide , the season of Pentecost, comprising the week following Pentecost Sunday; Whit′sun-week , the week beginning with Whit sunday.