Pentecost meaning

pĕn'tĭ-kôst', -kŏst'
Pentecost is defined as a Christian holiday held on the 7th Sunday after Easter which celebrates the holy spirit descending on Jesus' disciples after Jesus ascended, or a Jewish holiday celebrating Moses' receipt of the Ten Commandments.

A Jewish holiday or a Christian holiday are examples of Pentecost.

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The seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.
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A Christian festival on the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles; Whitsunday.
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Origin of pentecost

  • Middle English pentecoste from Old English Pentecosten from Late Latin Pentēcostē from Greek pentēkostē (hēmerā) fiftieth (day) feminine of pentēkostos fiftieth from pentēkonta fifty penkwe in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pentecost Sentence Examples

  • 5 Weeks Ascension Day Or Holy Thursday 39 Days Pentecost Or Whitsunday.

  • So at Pentecost on the occasion of the first outpouring of the Spirit the saints were by the bystanders accused of being drunk (Acts ii.

  • There was a bishopric at Neapolis during the Byzantine period, and an attack made by the Samaritans on the bishop (Pentecost, A.D.

  • Pentecost of the same year was spent at Jerusalem, and there St Paul was arrested, and kept in prison at Caesarea for two full years, until Festus succeeded Felix as governor (xx.

  • This position corresponds to the Jewish practice of reading the book at the feast of Pentecost; Spanish MSS., however, place it at the head of the Megilloth; and the Talmud (Baba Bathra, 14b) gives it the first place among all the Hagiographa.

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