Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or observed on Whitsunday or at Whitsuntide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or observed at Whitsuntide; following Whitsunday, or falling in Whitsun-week: generally used in composition: as, Whitsun-ale; Whitsun -Monday, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Whitsunday - noun The
holiday beginning onWhitsunday - adjective Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The blacks were allowed full liberty to frolic, for several days in Whitsun-week, and they used to hold a fair, building booths, which they never failed to ornament with the Pinxter Blumejies.
Rural Hours 1887
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He imagined himself standing up in front of them and announcing a new kind of Whitsun service: instead of singing hymns and saying prayers, we’re going to dig holes and carry stones.
The Pillars of the Earth FOLLETT, Ken 1989
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Heathrow will have its busiest Whitsun bank holiday for at least 10 years with New York, Dubai and Dublin the top three destinations for its expected 800,000 passengers.
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The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has postponed plans to announce his sentencing reforms, including the controversial move to increase discounts for early guilty pleas, until after the Whitsun break.
Kenneth Clarke delays announcement of sentencing reforms 2011
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The 27th Whitsun Pilgrimage from Notre-Dame de Paris to Notre-Dame de Chartres began this morning at dawn.
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As they aren't during their three weeks off at Easter, their two weeks off at Whitsun, their three weeks off at Christmas, their half-terms, their conference recesses…But it's the summer that is the biggest problem.
What happened to the dear old silly season? | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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The most notable, the so-called Battle of Brighton, took place on the Whitsun bank holiday of 1964 the year in which Rowan Joffe's new adaption of Brighton Rock is set as 3,000 youths descended for the long weekend.
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Folded chasubles are used further on Ember days (except those in the Whitsun octave), on Whitsun Eve before Mass (not at the red Mass), on Candlemas at the blessing of candles and procession. (p. 245)
Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble 2009
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Sting read two poems by the great 20th Century English poet Philip Larkin, including the well-known poem "The Whitsun Weddings" and this short, impish poem called "This Be the Verse":
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Sting read two poems by the great 20th Century English poet Philip Larkin, including the well-known poem "The Whitsun Weddings" and this short, impish poem called "This Be the Verse":
John Lundberg: Meryl Streep Headlines a Star-Studded Poetry Gala 2010
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