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Whitsun
[ hwit-suhn, wit- ]
adjective
- of or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.
noun
- Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.
Whitsun
/ ˈwɪtsən /
adjective
- of or relating to Whit Sunday or Whitsuntide
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Whitsun1
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Example Sentences
Some two years later, during the Whitsun holiday, I had taken one of my daughters to the cinema and arrived home about 10.30pm.
A May-pole was an abomination equalled only in atrocity by a "Whitsun-ale" or a "Morris-dance."
Two Whitsun-eves running it had caught fire and burned to the ground.
During the Whitsun festival carriages are scarcely to be procured in the whole of Montenegro, or in Cattaro either.
Prominent amongst all the youths stood the Whitsun King of the year before.
Then, my beloved little brother, are you not aware that to-day is red Whitsun Day?
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