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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Whitsun
 
SYLLABICATION:Whit·sun
PRONUNCIATION:  hwtsn, wt-
ADJECTIVE: Of, relating to, or observed on Whitsunday or at Whitsuntide.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English whitsone, back-formation from whitsonday, Whitsunday. See Whitsunday.
 
 
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