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Whitsuntide
[ hwit-suhn-tahyd, wit- ]
noun
- the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
Whitsuntide
/ ˈwɪtsənˌtaɪd /
noun
- the week that begins with Whit Sunday, esp the first three days
Word History and Origins
Origin of Whitsuntide1
Example Sentences
In the 1960s and '70s, a Ken Dodd Summer season in Blackpool would often begin at Whitsuntide and end at Christmas.
According to Dolphin Morris Men, which researched the history of Gate to Southwell, it is a traditional Whitsuntide procession.
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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