Whitsuntide

English

Alternative forms
  • Whitsun Tide

Etymology

Whitsun (“Whitsunday”) +‎ -tide.

Noun

Whitsuntide (countable and uncountable, plural Whitsuntides)

  1. The week beginning on Whitsunday.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:
      The third year he had a tailor staying with him before Whitsuntide, making new clothes for the holidays.
    • 1941 July, “The Isle of Man Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 315:
      There are eight 4-wheel coaches of the open toastrack type, but provided with roofs, and during the holiday season, usually beginning at Whitsuntide, trains are run as required on the one-engine-in-steam principle.
  2. The first three days of the week beginning on Whitsunday.
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