Walpurgis

[ vahl-poor-gis ]

/ vɑlˈpʊər gɪs /

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noun

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

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Also Walburga, Wal·pur·ga

[vahl-poor-gah]. /vɑlˈpʊər gɑ/.

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How to use Walpurgis in a sentence

It is matched six months away by the festival of May Day and by the eve of Walpurgis Night which precedes it.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a word, putting one in mind of the parvenu in the ‘Walpurgis Nacht.’
The Romany Rye|George Borrow
Then as usually happens towards the end of these Walpurgis nights, he got back to bed again, and slept calmly and dreamlessly.
Dodo's Daughter|E. F. Benson
Charles, poor lad, had not as yet had much experience of Walpurgis nights.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley

I had no reply but shrieks of laughter, and one of those Walpurgis dances in which she excelled.
Uncle Silas|J. S. LeFanu
I shall never forget hearing him play the “Walpurgis Nacht,” when he appeared at the Amphitheatre in 1835 or 1836.
Recollections of Old Liverpool|A Nonagenarian