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The period of ten days from Ascension Day to Whitsun Eve.
‘In 1724, a rather windy day greeted the town's annual Ascensiontide Fayre, and the bells were rung for many hours.’
‘At Ascensiontide, we encounter the Trinity through prayer.’
‘The Forum meets for a conference in a different country at Ascensiontide each year.’
‘You will notice how many of the Ascensiontide hymns speak of Kingship, Majesty, Power and Dominion.’
‘Easter term always began two weeks after Easter Sunday, again a week later than the Exchequer, and regularly continued past the feast of the Ascension to end one week after Ascensiontide.’
‘On the conclusion of Canon Wilson's address, the audience joined in singing a hymn for Ascensiontide composed by the late poet.’
‘Evelyn made her first retreat at Pleshey during Ascensiontide in 1921, and conducted her first retreat here during Lent in 1924.’
‘At the edge of Ascensiontide, we know only the threshold beyond which Jesus has gone, into a cloud of luminous darkness.’
‘In Ascensiontide we have ten days to observe the paradoxes of luminous darkness, of loss in order to gain, of becoming a child to attain maturity.’