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Whitsuntide
Whit·sun·tide [ wíts'n td, hwíts'n td ] (plural Whit·sun·tides)


noun 
Definition:
 
days around Pentecost: the days around and including the Christian festival of Pentecost
[13th century. <Whitsun + tide in obsolete sense of "period of time"]
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