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WHITSUNTIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Whitsuntide mean?
• WHITSUNTIDE (noun)
The noun WHITSUNTIDE has 1 sense:
1. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
Familiarity information: WHITSUNTIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Whitsun; Whitsuntide; Whitweek
Hypernyms ("Whitsuntide" is a kind of...):
season (a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field)
Meronyms (parts of "Whitsuntide"):
Pentecost; Whitsunday (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)
Whitmonday; Whitsun Monday (the day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland)
Whit-Tuesday; Whitsun Tuesday (the day after Whitmonday)
Holonyms ("Whitsuntide" is a part of...):
church calendar; ecclesiastical calendar (a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals)
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