- Whit·sun
- /ˈwıtsən/ noun [noncount]Brit : the Christian holiday Pentecost and the days near it
the Whitsun holiday
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Whit|sun — «HWIHT suhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or occurring at Whitsunday or Whitsuntide. –n. = Whitsuntide. (Cf. ↑Whitsuntide) ╂[Middle English whitsone, misdivision of whitsondei Whitsunday, Old English Hwīta Sunnandæg; see etym.… … Useful english dictionary
Whit|sun|day — «HWIHT SUHN dee, day; HWIHT suhn day», noun, or Whitsun Day, the seventh Sunday after Easter; Pentecost. ╂[Old English Hwīta Sunnandæg < hwīt white + Sunnandæg Sunday (probably because of the custom of wearing white baptismal robes on this… … Useful english dictionary
Whit|sun|tide — «HWIHT suhn TYD», noun, or Whitsun Tide, the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days … Useful english dictionary
whit — whit·en; whit·en·er; whit·field s; whit·ish·ness; whit·leather; whit·ley; whit·ling; whit·lock·ite; whit·low; whit·man·ese; whit·man·esque; whit·ma·ni·ac; whit·mon·day; whit·rack; whit·ster; whit·sun·day; whit·sun·tide; whit·taw·er; whit·ten;… … English syllables
sun — an·ti·sun; bo·sun; coun·ter·sun; du·sun; sun; sun·a·pee; sun·bathe; sun·berry; sun·bow; sun·dae; sun·da·ri; sun·day·fied; sun·day·ish; sun·day·ism; sun·days; sun·der; sun·der·land; sun·down; sun·down·er; sun·dri; sun·dries; sun·dries·man;… … English syllables
Whit Watson — (born 1971) is a sportscaster for Sun Sports, the Florida based regional cable network owned and operated by Fox Television. He joined the network in August 2003 after nearly seven years at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut. At ESPN, Watson hosted a… … Wikipedia
whitsun — whit·sun … English syllables
Whitsun — Whit|sun [ˈwıtsən] n [U and C] BrE 1.) also .Whit Sunday the seventh Sunday after Easter, when Christians celebrate the ↑Holy Spirit coming down from heaven = ↑pentecost 2.) also Whit|sun|tide [ˈwıtsəntaıd] the period around Whitsun … Dictionary of contemporary English
Whitsun — Whit|sun [ wıtsn, hwıtsn ] or Whit|sun|tide [ wıtsn,taıd, hwıtsn,taıd ] noun uncount PENTECOST … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whitsunday — whit·sun·day … English syllables
