"Whitsuntide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Whitsuntides [plural]
Etymology: Whitsun (“Whitsunday”) + -tide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Whitsun|tide|gloss1=Whitsunday|id2=time}} Whitsun (“Whitsunday”) + -tide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Whitsuntide (countable and uncountable, plural Whitsuntides)
  1. The week beginning on Whitsunday. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-Whitsuntide-en-noun-9cUsbqOO Disambiguation of Calendar: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -tide (time) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tide (time): 72 28
  2. The first three days of the week beginning on Whitsunday. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Whitsuntide-en-noun-JeYXLaZA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whitsun Tide

Inflected forms

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