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1. (n.) Pentecost
a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME pentecoste, OE pentecosten < LL pentēcostē < Gk pentēkostē (hēméra) fiftieth (day))
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1. (noun) Pentecost, Whitsunday
seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
2. (noun) Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
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1. (noun) Pentecost
a solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt
2. (noun) Pentecost
a festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday
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1. Pentecost
a great feast of the Jews, so called as held on the fiftieth day after the second of the Passover. It is called also the Feast of Harvest, or Weeks of First-Fruits, the Passover feast being connected with the commencement and this with the conclusion of harvest. It is regarded by the Jews as commemorative of the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, and will never cease to be associated in the Christian memory with the great awakening from which dates the first birth of the Christian consciousness in the Christian Church, the moment when the disciples of Christ first realised in common that their Master was not dead but alive, and nearer to them than He had been when present in the flesh.
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Sense: the Christian festival of Whitsuntide celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter.
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 Afrikaans: Pinkster |
 Arabic: عيد العَنْصَره أو الحَصاد |
 Bulgarian: Петдесетница |
 Brazilian: Pentecostes |
 Czech: letnice, Svatodušní svátk |
 German: Pfingsten |
 Danish: pinse |
 Greek: Πεντηκοστή |
 Spanish: Pentecostés |
 Estonian: nelipüha |
 Farsi: عید پنجاهه |
 Finnish: helluntai |
 Hebrew: יוֹם א' הַשׁבִיעִי אֲחָרֵ |
 Hindi: पेन्तकोस्त, पंचाशती |
 Croatian: Duhovi |
 Hungarian: pünkösd |
 Indonesian: Pantekosta |
 Italian: Pentecoste |
 Korean: 오순절 |
 Lithuanian: Sekminės |
 Latvian: Vasarsvētki |
 Malay: Pentekosta |
 Norwegian: pinse |
 Polish: niedziela ZielonychŚwiąte |
 Persian: عید پنجاهه |
 Pashto: د عيسويانو اختر |
 Russian: пятидесятница, Троицын де |
 Slovak: Turíce |
 Slovenian: binkošti |
 Serbian: Duhovi |
 Swedish: pingst[dagen] |
 Thai: เทศกาลเฉลิมฉลองของศาสนาคร |
 Turkish: Hamsin Yortusu |
 Taiwanese: (基督教之)聖靈降臨節，(猶太教之)五旬節 |
 Ukrainian: П'ятидесятниця, День Свят |
 Urdu: عيسائيوں کا ايک تہوار |
 Vietnamese: lễ Hạ trần |
 Chinese: （基督教）圣灵降临节，犹太人的五旬节 |
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