Whitsuntide

American  

[hwit-suhn-tahyd, wit-] / ˈʰwɪt sənˌtaɪd, ˈwɪt- /

noun

1. the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.

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Whitsuntide British  

/ ˈwɪtsənˌtaɪd /

noun

1. the week that begins with Whit Sunday, esp the first three days

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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

"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

In the midst of all this leaning-down came Whitsuntide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Veni Creator, vē′nī krē-ā′tor, n.—more fully, 'Veni Creator Spiritus'—a hymn of the Roman Breviary, used at Whitsuntide, ordinations, &c.—not to be confounded with the Veni Sancte Spiritus, Et emitte coelitus, the 'Golden Sequence.'

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various