Whitsun

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adjective

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hwĭtʹsən, IPA: /ˈwɪt.sən/

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Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)

1. Whitsunday
   • 1909: Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
2. The holiday beginning on Whitsunday
   • 1978: Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contset for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in Whitsun week, throngs of millhands of the period, cads and their flames, tawdry, blowsy, noisy, drunken.

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• Whitsuntide
• Whitweek
• Pentecost

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Whitsun (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide