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whitsun
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whitsun has 1 sense
- 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
whitsun, a.
Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whitsun, n. & adj.
--n. = WHITSUNTIDE.
--adj. = WHIT.
--n. = WHITSUNTIDE.
--adj. = WHIT.
Etymology
ME, f. Whitsun Day = Whit Sunday
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