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

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

Example Sentences

"I always had a new Whitsuntide bonnet and patent shoes and little white socks," she recalled in 2006.

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In the 1960s and '70s, a Ken Dodd Summer season in Blackpool would often begin at Whitsuntide and end at Christmas.

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According to Dolphin Morris Men, which researched the history of Gate to Southwell, it is a traditional Whitsuntide procession.

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At Whitsuntide, all the small girls would be bought new party or summer frocks.

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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.

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