"Whitsun" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʍɪt.sən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Whitsun.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: hwĭtʹsən Etymology: Apocopic form of Whitsunday. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form|en|Whitsunday}} Apocopic form of Whitsunday Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Whitsun (not comparable)
  1. Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Whitsun-en-adj-eTvhrRAL Disambiguation of Calendar: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Holidays: 23 35 42

Noun

IPA: /ˈʍɪt.sən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Whitsun.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Whitsuns [plural]
enPR: hwĭtʹsən Etymology: Apocopic form of Whitsunday. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form|en|Whitsunday}} Apocopic form of Whitsunday Head templates: {{en-noun}} Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)
  1. Whitsunday Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Whitsun-en-noun-Tf-jPwXV Disambiguation of Calendar: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Holidays: 23 35 42
  2. The holiday beginning on Whitsunday Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Whitsun-en-noun-QgViZhjd Disambiguation of Calendar: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Holidays: 23 35 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 27 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 10 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whitsuntide, Whitweek, Pentecost

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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