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Webster 1913 Edition

Whitsuntide

Whit′sun-tideˊ

,
Noun.
[
Whitsunday
+
tide
.]
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days – Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
R. of Gloucester.

Webster 1828 Edition

Whitsuntide

WHITSUNTIDE

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Noun.
[white, Sunday, and tide.] The feast or season of Pentecost; so called it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.

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