Whitsunday
Traditional English name for the Feast of Pentecost.
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An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church
Glossary definitions adapted from An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, edited by Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY.
Wilberforce, William
A 19th-century English politician, evangelical lay person, and abolitionist deeply committed to ending slavery and the slave trade. Feast day: July 30.
William Tyndale
A 16th-century English martyr who was executed for translating Scriptures into English. Feast day: Oct. 6.
Williams, Channing Moore
A late 19th-century American missionary bishop to China and Japan. Feast day: Dec. 2.
Willibrord
An eighth-century monk, missionary, and bishop. Feast day: Nov. 7.
Wulfstan
An 11th-century bishop of Worcester during the Norman Conquest. Feast day: Jan. 19.