| 单词 | whitsun eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhitsun eve Whitsun eve n. the evening or day before Whitsunday. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Pentecost > [noun] > eve of Whitsun evec1325 Whitsun evenc1425 c1325Witsonen eue [see main sense]. ?1472 E. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 636 Wretyn at Mawteby on Wyteson Eue. 1553–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 99 Ryngyng' none on Whytson yeve ijd. 1624 W. Laud Diary 15 May in Hist. Troubles & Tryal (1695) 12 Saturday, Whitson-Eve, The Bill passed in Parliament. 1709 in First Publishers of Truth (1907) 242 The day Called whitsoneve. 1895 W. H. Frere Sarum Gradual p. xiv Both on Easter Eve and Whitsun Eve there were twelve Lessons with Tracts at intervals. 2008 tr. A. Forcellino Michelangelo (2009) iii. 91 On Whitsun Eve, some of them went to the chapel in full pomp and with all their regalia. < as lemmas |
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