Pentecost
11Pentecost — [[t]pe̱ntɪkɒst, AM kɔːst[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Pentecost is a Christian festival that takes place on the seventh Sunday after Easter and celebrates the sending of the Holy Spirit to the first followers of Christ. 2) N UNCOUNT Pentecost is a Jewish… …
12Pentecost — UK [ˈpentɪkɒst] / US [ˈpentɪˌkɔst] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Pentecost : singular Pentecost plural Pentecosts 1) Whitsun 2) Shavuot …
13Pentecost — noun a) A Jewish festival (also known as Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks) seven weeks after the feast of Firstfruits or Yom Habikkurim, originally a harvest festival but, since the destruction of the Temple, also commemorating the anniversary of the… …
14Pentecost — I.e., fiftieth , found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as the feast of harvest, and again in Ex. 34:22 as the day of the firstfruits (Num. 28:26). From the… …
15Pentecost — The Greek name for the Feast of Weeks in the Jewish Church. The word means fiftieth, the Feast being fifty days after the Feast of the Passover. Whitsun Day is so called, being observed fifty days after Easter, the Christian Passover, and… …
16Pentecost — This word (from the Greek pentekoste hemera, meaning fiftieth day ) was originally the hellenistic term for the Jewish feast of Weeks. For Christians, Pentecost, which is celebrated seven weeks after Easter, commemorates the descent of the… …
17Pentecost Island — is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies 190 km (118 mi) due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost Island is known as Pentecôte in French. Geography Pentecost is a lush, mountainous island which stretches …
18Pentecost-Insel — Karte der Pentecost Insel Gewässer Pazifischer Ozean Inselgruppe …
19Pentecost River — an der Furt der Gibb River RoadVorlage:Infobox Fluss/KARTE fehlt …
20Pentecost (Jewish Feast) — Pentecost (Jewish Feast) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pentecost (Jewish Feast) The second in importance of the great Jewish feasts. The term, adopted from the Greek speaking Jews (Tob. 2:1; II Mac. 12:32; Josephus, Ant. , III, x, 6;… …
