Definitions of Pentecostal [ˌpɛn tɪˈkɔ stl, -ˈkɒs tl]

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Definition of 'Pentecostal'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Pentecostal
of or pertaining to Pentecost.

2. Pentecostal
noting or pertaining to any of various Christian groups, usu. fundamentalist, that emphasize the activity of the Holy Spirit, stress holiness of living, and express their religious feelings uninhibitedly, as by speaking in tongues.

Etymology: (1540–50; < LL)

Definition of 'Pentecostal'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) Pentecostal, Pentecostalist
any member of a Pentecostal religious body

2. (adj) pentecostal
of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members

3. (adj) pentecostal
of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost

Definition of 'Pentecostal'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Pentecostal
of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide

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