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Whitsuntide

[ hwit-suhn-tahyd, wit- ]

noun

  1. the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.


Whitsuntide

/ ˈwɪtsənˌtaɪd /

noun

  1. the week that begins with Whit Sunday, esp the first three days
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Whitsuntide1

First recorded in 1175–1225, Whitsuntide is from the Middle English word whitsone(n)tide. See Whitsun, tide 1
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Example Sentences

In the 1960s and '70s, a Ken Dodd Summer season in Blackpool would often begin at Whitsuntide and end at Christmas.

From BBC

According to Dolphin Morris Men, which researched the history of Gate to Southwell, it is a traditional Whitsuntide procession.

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At Whitsuntide, all the small girls would be bought new party or summer frocks.

At Whitsuntide, however, when a red stole appeared, his face followed the liturgical sequence, and there was a painful scene in the churchyard on a hot morning in early June.

It was on this account that, in the Whitsuntide following, she left her situation, and went to attend her poor sister.

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