Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The week beginning on Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The season of Pentecost, comprehending the entire week which follows Pentecost Sunday.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
week beginning onWhitsunday . - noun The first three
days of theweek beginning onWhitsunday .
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
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Examples
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Easter to the time called Whitsuntide) I took my leave of them to depart home, intending to walk to Wycombe in one day, and from thence home in another.
The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself Thomas Ellwood 1676
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In some parts of Westphalia two girls lead a flower-crowned girl called the Whitsuntide Bride from door to door, singing a song in which they ask for eggs.
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In some parts of Westphalia two girls lead a flower-crowned girl called the Whitsuntide Bride from door to door, singing a song in which they ask for eggs.
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He is called the Whitsuntide-lout, and being mounted on horseback with a green branch in his hand he is led back into the village.
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He is called the Whitsuntide-lout, and being mounted on horseback with a green branch in his hand he is led back into the village.
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I think I will go down to Oxford for Whitsuntide, which is a heathen institution here which sends everyone away just as I want to meet them.
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I think I will go down to Oxford for Whitsuntide, which is a heathen institution here which sends everyone away just as I want to meet them.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917
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Day; the second with Whitsuntide, which is in May as often as not.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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He is called the Whitsuntide-lout, and being mounted on horseback with a green branch in his hand he is led back into the village.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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I think I will go down to Oxford for Whitsuntide, which is a heathen institution here which sends everyone away just as I want to meet them.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis 1890
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