Whitsun

//ˈwɪt.sən//

Synonyms for "whitsun" (21 found)

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Noun(3 words)

whitsuntide whitweek whit

advent ash wednesday

Strong matches (6)

carnival christmas corpus christi easter ember days epiphany

Related words (10)

good friday lent mardi gras palm sunday pentecost shrove tuesday whitsuntide whitweek

Noun(2 words)

pentecost whitsunday

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season

Synonyms

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pentecost whitsuntide whitweek

derived

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Whitsun Monday Whitsun Tuesday Whitsun term

derived from

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sunday white whitsunday

is a

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season

part of

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church calendar

related to

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holiday whitsunday

Sample sentences

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Whitsun is a long weekend during which the motorways are chock-full.

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There are a few Christian festivals in the Netherlands, such as: Easter, Christmas, Whitsun and Ascension.

Source: tatoeba (11140400)

The children have a week's holiday over Whitsun.

Source: tatoeba (11593783)

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.

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