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whitsun

Adjective, Noun

Whit=sun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

whitsun(n = noun.time) whitsuntide, whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days); Array

is a part of church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar

is a kind of season

has parts: pentecost, whitsunday, whitmonday, whitsun monday, whit-tuesday, whitsun tuesday

whitsun, a.

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals. [1913 Webster]

whitsun, n. & adj.
--n. = WHITSUNTIDE.
--adj. = WHIT.

Etymology

ME, f. Whitsun Day = Whit Sunday

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