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Period seven weeks after Easter
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whitsun
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whitsun \Whit"sun\, a. Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., contraction of Whitsunday .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Whitsun (also Whitsunday , Whit Sunday or Whit ) is the name used in Britain and Ireland, and among Anglicans throughout the world, for the Christian festival of Pentecost , the seventh Sunday after Easter , which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit ...
Usage examples of whitsun.
So there was Christmas and the winter solstice, Easter and May Day, Whitsun, Rogation Day and Lammas, a harvest festival, a sowing festival and a ploughing festival, feasts on appropriate saints' days and feasts on finishing haystacks.