Whitsun
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Whitsun
1250–1300; Middle English Whitsone ( n ), shortening of whitsonenday (by analysis as whitsonen-day ); see Whitsunday
Example Sentences
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“Swarms” of around 135 Chinese fishing boats were filmed off the disputed Whitsun Reef, some 200 miles west of the Philippines, and 641 miles south of China, on December 2.
From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Highlights included new stagings of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,”Verdi’s ‘Macbeth” and “Falstaff” and Bohuslav Martinu’s rarely seen “The Greek Passion” along with Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,” held over from this year’s Whitsun Festival.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Earlier this month, the Philippines also placed navigational buoys carrying the country's national flags within its exclusive economic zone, including at the Whitsun Reef, and where hundreds of Chinese ships moored in 2021.
From Reuters • May 24, 2023
Now that the star mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli runs the springtime Whitsun Festival here, every summer includes a production vehicle for her.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2022
The battle of Bedegraine was fought near Sorhaute in the forest of Sherwood, during the Whitsun holiday.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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