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Whitsuntide

NOUN
  1. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)

How To Use Whitsuntide In A Sentence

  • After this, bicause he was in dispaire to haue issue by his second wife, about Whitsuntide he sent ouer his daughter Maud the empresse into Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
  • After this, bicause he was in dispaire to haue issue by his second wife, about Whitsuntide he sent ouer his daughter Maud the empresse into Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
  • But, after S. Austin, the first day is taken by synechdoche, that is that the last part of the day is taken which dureth from Easter unto the utas of Whitsuntide, like as holy Church hath ordained. The Golden Legend, vol. 1
  • No doubt some of the spots associated with the Whitsuntide "shuggy-shows" (as I remember them in my time) were originally show-grounds of the town pageants too. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
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