Pentecost
1Pentecost — • A feast which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pentecost Pentecost ( …
2Pentecost — Pen te*cost, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. ? fiftieth, fr. ? fifty, fr. ? five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks)… …
3Pentecost — O.E. Pentecosten Christian festival on seventh Sunday after Easter, from L.L. pentecoste, from Gk. pentekoste hemera fiftieth day, fem. of pentekostos, from pentekonta fifty, from pente five (see FIVE (Cf. five)). The Hellenic name for the Old… …
4Pentecost — ► NOUN 1) the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on Whit Sunday. 2) the Jewish festival of Shavuoth. ORIGIN from Greek pent kost h mera fiftieth day (because the… …
5Pentecost — [pen′tə kôst΄, pen′təkäst΄] n. [ME < LL(Ec) pentecoste < Gr(Ec) pentēkostē (hēmera), the fiftieth (day) after Passover < pentēkonta, fifty < pente,FIVE] 1. SHAVUOT 2. a Christian festival on the seventh Sunday after Easter,… …
6Pentecost — For the Ancient Israel Pentecost , and the Jewish holiday, see Shavuot. For other uses, see Pentecost (disambiguation). Pentecost An Eastern Orthodox icon of Pentecost. This is the Icon of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. At the… …
7Pentecost — Lage der Insel Karte der Pentecost Insel Die Pentecost Insel ist eine der 83 Inseln, die den pazifischen Inselstaat Vanuatu bilden. Sie liegt 190 Kilometer nördlich von der Hauptstadt Port Vila. Pentec …
8Pentecost — /pen ti kawst , kost /, n. 1. a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday. 2. Shavuoth. [bef. 1000; ME pentecoste, OE pentecosten < LL pentecoste <… …
9Pentecost — This unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English and Old French pentecost , ultimately from the Greek pentecoste , meaning the fiftieth day after Easter, ie. Whitsuntide. This, is a personal nickname… …
10Pentecost — In the OT, the feast of Weeks(Exod. 34:22), an agricultural festival on which work was forbidden (Lev. 23:21). Later, the festival was incorporated into Israel s national consciousness of its history and became associated first with the covenant… …
