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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/02 18:58 UTC 版)
Apocopic form of Whitsunday.
Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/21 22:09 UTC 版)
Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is a festival which originated from the pagan celebration of Summer's Day, the beginning of the Summer half-year, in Europe. In France and England it took on some characteristics of Beltane. Whitsun was later incorporated into Pentecost in the Christian calendar which is the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ (Acts of the Apostles chapter 2).