Pentecost

Pen·te·cost  (pnt-kôst, -kst)

n.

1. The seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Also called Whitsunday.

2. Judaism See Shavuot.

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[Middle English pentecoste, from Old English Pentecosten, from Late Latin Pentcost, from Greek pentkost (hmer), fiftieth (day), feminine of pentkostos, fiftieth, from pentkonta, fifty; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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Pentecost

Noun

a Christian festival occurring on Whit Sunday celebrating the descent of the Holy Ghost to the apostles [Greek pentēkostē fiftieth (day after the Resurrection)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pentecost - seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland Whitsunday quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
	2.	Pentecost - (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments Feast of Weeks, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews

Translations

Pentecost [ˈpɛntɪkɔst] n → Pentecostés m

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Pentecost [ˈpɛntɪkɔst] n → Pentecôte f

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Pentecost [ˈpɛntɪkɔst] n (in Judaism) → Erntefest nt;

(in Christianity) → Pfingsten nt

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Pentecost [ˈpɛntɪkɔst] n → Pentecoste f

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Pentecost

n Pentecost [ˈpentəkoust, (American ) -koːst]

the Christian festival of Whitsuntide celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Pinkster عيد العَنْصَره أو الحَصاد Петдесетница letnice, Svatodušní svátky pinse Pfingsten Πεντηκοστή Pentecostés nelipüha عید پنجاهه יוֹם א' הַשׁבִיעִי אֲחָרֵי הַפַּסחָא पेन्तकोस्त, पंचाशती Duhovi pünkösd Pantekosta Pentecoste Sekminės Vasarsvētki Pentekosta pinse niedziela Zielonych Świątek пятидесятница, Троицын день Turíce binkošti Duhovi pingst[] เทศกาลเฉลิมฉลองของศาสนาคริสต์ตรงกับวันอาทิตย์ที่7หลังวัน Easter Hamsin Yortusu П'ятидесятниця, День Святої Трійці عيسائيوں کا ايک تہوار lễ Hạ trần