Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first Sunday after Pentecost, celebrated by a feast in honor of the Trinity.
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- noun The
Sunday afterWhitsunday , which is observed as a liturgical feast in honor of the Holy Trinity; either Sunday is considered as the end ofEastertide
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- noun eighth Sunday after Easter
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps the longest five minutes of M. de la Foret's life were those in which he waited the coming of the Queen on that Trinity Sunday which was to decide his fate.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Perhaps the longest five minutes of M. de la Foret's life were those in which he waited the coming of the Queen on that Trinity Sunday which was to decide his fate.
Michel and Angele — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Perhaps the longest five minutes of M. de la Foret's life were those in which he waited the coming of the Queen on that Trinity Sunday which was to decide his fate.
Michel and Angele — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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