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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

Having set his army in motion, Edward held a great feast at Westminster at Whitsuntide.

We are resolved to see no more plays till Whitsuntide, we having been three days together.

The little party who were assembling at his house that afternoon were to stay with him a week of Whitsuntide.

But they had seemed to get on so extremely well in the spring, and very fairly well at Whitsuntide!

A drie summer, hauing no notable raine from Whitsuntide to the later ladie daie in haruest.

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