Pentecost Definition

pĕntĭ-kôst, -kŏst
noun

Shavuot.

Webster's New World
A Christian festival on the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles; Whitsunday.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pentecost

Noun

Singular:
Pentecost
Plural:
pentecosts

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

  • It began on the Day of Pentecost, but continued in full tide almost to the end of the 1st century, and, even when it began to subside, it did so quite gradually.

  • With these have been incorporated the older regulations of H on the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, vv.

  • It Always Precedes The Following New Year By 163 Days, Or 23 Weeks And 2 Days; And Pentecost Always Precedes The New Year By 113 Days, Or 16 Weeks And I Day.

  • Spirito are two paintings by Luca Signorelli, the "Crucifixion" and the "Day of Pentecost," originally intended for a processional banner.

  • 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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