Pentecostal
adjective
- of or relating to Pentecost
- ☆ designating or of any of various Protestant fundamentalist sects often stressing direct inspiration by the Holy Spirit, as in glossolalia
See Pentecostal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pĕnˌtĭ-kŏsˈtəl, -kôˈstəl)
adjective- Of, relating to, or occurring at Pentecost.
- Of, relating to, or being any of various Christian religious congregations whose members seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit, in emulation of the Apostles at Pentecost.
noun A member of a Pentecostal congregation: “Pentecostals rejected the belief of many fundamentalists that . . . God had ceased to reveal himself to man” (John B. Judis).
Related Forms:
- Penˌte·cosˈtal·ist adjective & n.
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