Whitsun

noun, adj — 3 senses

Whitsun

noun

/ˈwɪt.sən/ · /ˈʍɪt.sən/

Etymology Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

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 contest 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.

Derived terms: Whitsun Monday, Whitsun term, Whitsun Tuesday

Whitsun

adj

Etymology Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

1

Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide

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