Pentecost Sunday, also known as Whitsunday, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [A Cake for Pentecost] Reference
Since another name for Pentecost is "Whitsunday," there is a tradition to serve white foods. From Wordnik.com. [Menu ideas for Pentecost Sunday] Reference
"Whitsunday" is believed to have come from "white Sunday," when, among the English, white robes were worn by those baptized on the day. From Wordnik.com. [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference
Apostles is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4)] Reference
At the Whitsunday there came the King Angel, King of. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
Pass through Whitsunday Passage, and anchor in Cleveland Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
(Whitsunday 1856) fixed her abode in the vicinity of Stirling. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
It befell, one Whitsunday, that Arthur was holding his court at. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion] Reference
Philip did not sleep at all during the night before Whitsunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Whitsunday, Maud the wife of king William was crowned Queene by. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror] Reference
Whitsunday, and yield you unto her as prisoners, and say that Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Whitsunday at night, the said captaines, with John Bampton, Robert. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
She had last seen this girl in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitsunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Easter and Whitsunday (seventh Sunday or fiftieth day after Easter). From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699] Reference
Whitsunday, for ejection on which the 'rascal multitude' had last New. From Wordnik.com. [John Knox] Reference
Ascend with me on this dazzling Whitsunday the Brocken of North Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Gie him a cuff at Martinmas, and his cheek will be tingling at Whitsunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
Whitsunday, or Pentecost, was celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
So Sir Bors made him to swear at Whitsunday next coming to be at the court of King. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
And on Whitsunday he achieved the sword as it is rehearsed in the book of Sangreal. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
But the king would no meat eat upon the Whitsunday, until he heard some adventures. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
“It would be quite a blow to Philip if you were confirmed as earl on Whitsunday.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Spring was cold and dismal that year, and on the morning of Whitsunday it was raining. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
(Whitsunday) he arranged to go and preach and say mass in the new town of Sancti Spiritus. From Wordnik.com. [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference
It bears to be a notice or 'summons' of ejectment for the ensuing Whitsunday, and is called. From Wordnik.com. [John Knox] Reference
The following Sunday happened to be Whitsunday, when a huge crowd would attend the cathedral. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Sunday, Easter Day, Whitsunday and Trinity Sunday, the Lessons for those days are to be read. From Wordnik.com. [The Prayer Book Explained] Reference
They had three bays vaulted in time for Whitsunday, and then it all fell down during the service. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
All the Whitsunday the king on the plain lay; ordered the place to be hallowed, that hight Stonehenge. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
Henry III. was elected king of Poland, and became king of France on Whitsunday, which was also his birthday. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829] Reference
Whitsunday, for the premium of from half-a-crown to five shillings which is usually awarded on-such occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829] Reference
Further south, the second largest section includes Mackay, and extends from the Whitsunday Group down to Carmila. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland tropical rain forests] Reference
She was no longer the thin, strained, frightened girl in clogs that he had seen here on Whitsunday three years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
On arriving on board, we steered to the northward through Whitsunday Passage and afterwards stood towards Captain Cook's. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
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