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The week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
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whitsuntide
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Word definitions for whitsuntide in dictionaries
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whitsuntide \Whit"sun*tide`\, n. [Whitsunday + tide.] The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost. --R. of Gloucester.
Usage examples of whitsuntide.
Whitsuntide bells were ringing through the land, the work had begun: unceasingly the dumpcarts were driven from the foreland to the dike line, there to dump the clay, and in the same way an equal number was driven back to get new clay from the foreland.
You may not understand also, at first, why this grand 104th Psalm was chosen as one of the special Psalms for Whitsuntide, - what it has to do with the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, the Spirit of God.