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  1. Christian church festival held seven weeks
  2. after Easter, commemorating the descent of
  3. the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. The name is
  4. probably derived from the white garments worn
  5. by candidates for baptism at the festival.
  6. Whit Sunday corresponds to the Jewish
  7. festival of Shavuot (Pentecost).
  8.