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Whitsunday: Another name for the feast of Pentecost. Whit means White, in earlier times the newly baptized wore the white robes of baptism on this day.

Wisdom: (Books of Wisdom) Five books of the Old Testament not part of the Protestant versions, one of the Apocrypha, namely Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus. The sapiential books. See Deuterocanonical Books.

Witness, Christian: Practical testimony or evidence given by Christians regarding their faith. They may witness their faith in all circumstances of life by prayer and general conduct, through good example and good works, etc. and by being and acting in accordance with Christian belief, while actually practicing the Christian faith.