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Whitsuns

Whitsuns is the plural of Whitsun.

Meaning of Whitsun

Noun

Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)

  1. Whitsunday.
    • 1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
  2. The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
    • 1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in...

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Questions about Whitsuns

What is Whitsuns the plural of?
Whitsuns is the plural of Whitsun.

Words near Whitsuns in the dictionary

  1. Whitsun-night
  2. Whitsun-nights
  3. Whitsunday
  4. Whitsunday Islands
  5. Whitsundays
  6. Whitsuns
  7. Whitsuntide
  8. Whitsuntides
  9. Whitt
  10. Whittaker
  11. whittaw

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