whitsundayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/, /ʍ-/
• (General American) IPA: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/, /wɪtˈsʌndi/, /ʍ-/
• (obsolete) IPA: /ˈʍɪtsəndeɪ/, /ˈʍɪtsəndɪ/
• 韻: -ʌndeɪ
• ハイフネーション: Whit‧sun‧day

名詞

Whitsunday (plural Whitsundays)

1. (Christianity) The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.

   Alternative form: Whit Sunday

   Synonyms: Whitsun, Whit, Pentecost (day), Pentecost Sunday

   Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit

   • 1773, John Byrom, “On Whitsunday”, in Miscellaneous Poems:

     Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.

   • 2004, Vicki K Black, Welcome to the Church Year: An Introduction to the Seasons of the Episcopal Church:

     An older name for this day [Pentecost] is Whitsunday, or “white Sunday,” named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised.

2. (Scotland) A quarter day falling on 15th May.

   Alternative form: Whit Sunday

派生語

• Whitsunday Islands

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固有名詞

Whitsunday

1. A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.