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Walpurgis

[vahl-poo r-gis]

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noun

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

Also Walburga, Wal·pur·ga

[vahl-poo r-gah] /vɑlˈpʊər gɑ/.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for walpurgis

Contemporary Examples of walpurgis

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

Historical Examples of walpurgis

Zschokke tells a story of a Walpurgis Night dream that is more a vision than a dream.
The Book of Hallowe'en
Ruth Edna Kelley
In a word, putting one in mind of the parvenu in the ‘Walpurgis Nacht.’
The Romany Rye
George Borrow
Charles, poor lad, had not as yet had much experience of Walpurgis nights.
Ravenshoe
Henry Kingsley
There was nothing of Walpurgis in their stereotyped allurement.
Carnival
Compton Mackenzie
He crossed himself, as he answered laconically: 'Walpurgis nacht.'
Dracula's Guest
Bram Stoker