Whitsun

[ hwit-suh n, wit- ]

/ ˈʰwɪt sən, ˈwɪt- /

of or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

Origin of Whitsun

1250–1300; Middle English Whitsone(n), shortening of whitsonenday (by analysis as whitsonen-day); see Whitsunday

Some two years later, during the Whitsun holiday, I had taken one of my daughters to the cinema and arrived home about 10.30pm.

Alan Turing’s Brother: He Should Be Alive Today |John Ferrier Turing |June 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The Whitsun garlands that had so gaily wound about the pillars of Roupell Church have long ago been taken down, dead and faded.

Doctor Cupid |Rhoda Broughton
Then, my beloved little brother, are you not aware that to-day is red Whitsun Day?

A Hungarian Nabob |Maurus Jkai
And many of them have no idea why it is Martinmas, and not Midsummer or Whitsun, that is always on the tips of their tongues.

The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories |Arnold Bennett

Well, Martin, it will be all up with your Whitsun Kingship immediately.

A Hungarian Nabob |Maurus Jkai
A moment ago I sat here and played in the shadow of the trees, and it was Whitsun Eve, and it was spring, and all was peace.

Master Olof |August Strindberg

Whitsun

/ (ˈwɪtsən) /

short for Whitsuntide

of or relating to Whit Sunday or Whitsuntide