whitsun
Collocations
2ADJ.
long, over
WHITSUN + NOUN
ascension, eve
Definitions
noun
Whitsunday.
1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in Whitsun week, throngs of millhands of the period, cads and their flames, tawdry, blowsy, noisy, drunken.
adj
Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide
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Synonyms
noun — Christian holiday
- whitsuntide
- whitweek
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51909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Geron
Wiktionary1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday:
WiktionaryWhitsun is a long weekend during which the motorways are chock-full.
Tatoeba · #11031320There are a few Christian festivals in the Netherlands, such as: Easter, Christmas, Whitsun and Ascension.
Tatoeba · #11140400The children have a week's holiday over Whitsun.
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