Crossword clues for whitsuntide
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whitsuntide
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.