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Whitsun

//ˈwɪt.sən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide not-comparable
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

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