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
Example Sentences
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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
Whitsuntide, when the dead Christ's Apostles began work in earnest, had been chosen by Adolf Hitler to get his total war under way.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were immured in the Tower from New Year to Whitsuntide, when they were released on finding bail for �5000 each.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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