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    WHITSUNTIDE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)play

    Synonyms:

    Whitsun; Whitsuntide; Whitweek

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    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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