| 单词 | white sunday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Sunday White Sunday n. now chiefly historical (a) Low Sunday; (b) Whitsunday. [ < In sense (a) (compare quots. 1546, 2006) probably ultimately after post-classical Latin Dominica in albis (see Whitsunday n.). In sense (b) an etymologizing alteration of Whitsunday n.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Pentecost > [noun] PentecosteOE WhitsundayOE Whitsundaya1250 Whitsuntidec1275 Lok-Soundayc1315 Lokes1340 Whitsun Sunday1532 White Sunday1546 W.c1565 Whit week1728 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iv. ii. f. lxxi The sondaye after Easter is called the white sonday. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. (title) White Sunday. a1795 G. Haggitt Serm. Country Congregations (1796) I. xvi. 248 The day has obtained, among Christians, the name of Whit or White Sunday, either from the splendour which accompanied the descent of the Holy Ghost on this occasion, or from the custom of the early converts to Christianity being baptized at this time, and wearing..white garments. 1868 Christian World Mag. May 381/1 Whit-Sunday..was formerly called White Sunday, from the white garments worn by the candidates for baptism. 2006 S. Roud Eng. Year 132/2 Low Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter... It goes by various names, including Little Easter Sunday, White Sunday, and Quasimodo Sunday. < as lemmas |
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