Ascensiontide

British

/ əˈsɛnʃənˌtaɪd /

noun

the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday

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Since last Ascensiontide they have bid me wait in quietness for the appointed hour; but of late my voices have spoken words which may not be set aside.

From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn

In the Ascensiontide sports the Earl wears a grotesque costume: a mask, and a smock padded with straw, and round his neck a chain of biscuits.

From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by Presland, John

The trope became very popular, and was gradually elaborated into a short symbolic drama, and its popularity led to the composition of similar pieces for Christmas and Ascensiontide.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

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