Walpurgis

[ vahl-poor-gis ]

noun

1. Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.

Example Sentences

It is matched six months away by the festival of May Day and by the eve of Walpurgis Night which precedes it.

From The Daily Beast

In a word, putting one in mind of the parvenu in the ‘Walpurgis Nacht.’

From Project Gutenberg

Then as usually happens towards the end of these Walpurgis nights, he got back to bed again, and slept calmly and dreamlessly.

From Project Gutenberg

Charles, poor lad, had not as yet had much experience of Walpurgis nights.

From Project Gutenberg

I had no reply but shrieks of laughter, and one of those Walpurgis dances in which she excelled.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall never forget hearing him play the “Walpurgis Nacht,” when he appeared at the Amphitheatre in 1835 or 1836.

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