Dictionary entry
Whit Sunday
Pronunciation: /wɪt ˈsʌndeɪ/
Pronunciation
/wɪt ˈsʌndeɪ/
Myanmar Meaning
ပဲန်တီကော့စ်ကို အောက်မေ့သည့် အထိမ်းအမှတ်အဖြစ် အီစတာပွဲနောက်ပြီးနောက် သတ္တမမြောက် တနင်္ဂနွေနေ့။
Definition
Whit /wÇt/ n [U] = whitsun: the Whit weekend. ❏ Whit Sunday n အီစတာပြဲေတာ္ေနာက္ သတၱမ တနဂၤေႏြ။ whit /wÇt/ n [sing] (ျငင္းပယ္ဝါက်၌ သံုးေလ့ရိွသည္။ ) စိုးစဥ္း။ တစိုးတစိ။ အနည္းငယ္။ It won't make a/one whit of difference to the final outcome.
Examples
- ‘This is one of the busiest times of the year
- what with Whit weekend and the good weather.’
- ‘Historically the carnival replaced the Whit walks and was held in Deepdale because that's where the majority of the West Indian population lived.’
- ‘Today is Whit Monday and a bank holiday and
- as I said I would
- I am taking my little cousin to see Finding Nemo.’
- ‘On Whit Monday
- June 7
- 1965 the excursion from Preston to York stopped off at Skipton
- Ilkley and Otley - the last time a train visited the town.’
- ‘A lot of the houses had their power restored by 7.30 Sunday evening
- with the remainder reconnected by 11 am on Whit Monday.’
- ‘The fact that Griffin's pranks occur during Whit Monday adds a humorous irony to a day of celebration and gaiety.’
- ‘The annual giant auction will be held on Whit Monday
- at Ardscoil Rath Iomghain.’
- ‘He has been a dedicated member
- who hardly missed a rehearsal and took part in trips abroad and Saddleworth's famous Whit Friday band contest.’
- ‘From Whit Monday onwards Ash Street had been flooded five times
- said the Herald.’
- ‘The winners will progress to the National Finals in Donegal next Whit weekend.’
- ‘It gave the lucky owner a fully inclusive 24-hour steam train trip to the capital and back on Whit Saturday
- 15 June 1935.’
- ‘The dispute concerns the retention of Whit Monday as a public holiday
- and the strike has been set for May 16.’
- ‘These photos will be taken over the Whit Bank Holiday Weekend
- which is from Friday
- June 3 to Monday
- June 6.’
- ‘The Christian holidays of Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- and Whit Monday are celebrated
- and occur on different dates each year.’
- ‘It also mentions that at Bowness Gala on Whit Thursday
- May 17
- 1883
- there were 35 prizes.’
- ‘Saddleworth gained revenge for Whit Friday's derby defeat at Greenfield with an eight-wicket Saturday victory.’
- ‘Rochdale's best of brass marched into Saddleworth and came home with several prizes in the annual Whit Friday band contests.’
- ‘A recent survey
- published by the daily Le Parisien
- showed that two-thirds of French people were against giving up their Whit Monday day off.’
- ‘The citizens of York delighted in the brilliant weather
- which was enjoyed for the Whit Monday holiday.’
- ‘The service will mark Whit Sunday
- and the beginning of Christian Aid week.’