Pentecostalism

Variant of Pentecostal

Pentecostal definition

Pen·te·cos·tal (pen′tə kôs′təl, -käs′-)

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pentecost
  2. ☆ designating or of any of various Protestant fundamentalist sects often stressing direct inspiration by the Holy Spirit, as in glossolalia

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