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Whitsun

noun
1.
Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days).  Synonyms: Whitsuntide, Whitweek.



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"Whitsun" Quotes from Famous Books



... who, making the pretence that he had some idea of turning Christian and wanted to know all about that religion, sent a trusty messenger to Edward very often—with a dagger in his sleeve. At last, one Friday in Whitsun week, when it was very hot, and all the sandy prospect lay beneath the blazing sun, burnt up like a great overdone biscuit, and Edward was lying on a couch, dressed for coolness in only a loose robe, the messenger, with his chocolate-coloured ...
— A Child's History of England • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Whitsun" :   Whitmonday, Pentecost, Whit-Tuesday, ecclesiastical calendar, church calendar, season



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