Whitsuntide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Whitsuntide
First recorded in 1175–1225, Whitsuntide is from the Middle English word whitsone(n)tide. See Whitsun, tide 1
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"I always had a new Whitsuntide bonnet and patent shoes and little white socks," she recalled in 2006.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
In the 1960s and '70s, a Ken Dodd Summer season in Blackpool would often begin at Whitsuntide and end at Christmas.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2018
According to Dolphin Morris Men, which researched the history of Gate to Southwell, it is a traditional Whitsuntide procession.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2014
Last weekend, with the peers away for their Whitsuntide recess, the Lord Great Chamberlain, who has charge of the Houses of Parliament, ordered the woolsack ripped open, stuffed with real wool.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the reign of Richard I. knights rode at Whitsuntide on steeds and palfreys over a three-mile course for “forty pounds of ready gold,” according to the old romance of Sir Bevys of Hampton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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