whitmonday
Noun: 1. The Monday following Whitsunday (Pentecost): Whitmonday is the day immediately after Whitsunday, which is the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. It is observed as a Christian festival. 2. A former public holiday: In England, Wales, and Ireland, Whitmonday was traditionally a bank holiday (a legal holiday on which banks and many businesses are closed).
Whitmonday is used as a proper noun to refer to a specific day in the Christian calendar and as the name of a former public holiday. * The community fair was always held on Whitmonday. * In the past, many businesses were closed for the Whitmonday holiday.
- "Whit Monday": This is a common alternative spelling for the same day.
- The procession is scheduled for Whit Monday.
- Whit Monday: An alternative spelling of Whitmonday.
- Whitsun: A term for the period including Whitsunday and the following days, especially Whitmonday.
- Pentecost: Another name for Whitsunday, the Sunday before Whitmonday.
- Bank Holiday: The official term for a public holiday in the United Kingdom, which Whitmonday once was.
- Monday after Pentecost: A descriptive synonym that defines the day by its position in the liturgical calendar.
The primary meaning of "Whitmonday" is fixed as the specific Monday after Pentecost. Its secondary meaning as a legal holiday is now largely historical in the UK, as the holiday was replaced by the fixed Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May by the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. However, it remains a holiday in some other countries.
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the day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland
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