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Whit Week

[whit, wit]
–noun
Whitsuntide.

Origin:
1895–1900; modeled on Whitsunday

Whit⋅sun⋅tide

[hwit-suhn-tahyd, wit-]
–noun
the week beginning with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days of this week.
Also called Whit Week.


Origin:
1175–1225; ME whitsone(n)tide. See Whitsun, tide 1
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