First Known Use: before 12th century
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Pentecost
noun Pen·te·cost \ˈpen-ti-ˌkȯst, -ˌkäst\
Definition of PENTECOST
1
: shavuot
2
: a Christian feast on the seventh Sunday after Easter commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles —called also Whitsunday
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Origin of PENTECOST
Middle English, from Old English pentecosten, from Late Latin pentecoste, from Greek pentēkostē, literally, fiftieth day, from pentēkostos fiftieth, from pentēkonta fifty, from penta- + -konta (akin to Latin viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal
Pentecost
geographical name Pen·te·cost \ˈpen-ti-ˌkȯst, -ˈkäst\
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