Pentecost
31Pentecost — Ten days after the Ascension of Christ, the apostles gathered for Shavout, a Jewish feast celebrated 50 days after Passover. Suddenly, they heard a noise and tongues of flame descended upon them. As each was filled by the Holy Spirit, they… …
32Pentecost — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Day of Atonement, Easter, Easter Monday,… …
33PENTECOST — (i. e. fiftieth), 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 …
34Pentecost — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seventh Sunday after Easter, Whitsunday, festival, the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles …
35Pentecost — Pen|te|cost [ˈpentıkɔst US ko:st, ka:st] n [U and C] [Date: 1000 1100; : Late Latin; Origin: pentecoste, from Greek, fiftieth day , from pentekostos fiftieth ] 1.) also Whitsun BrE the seventh Sunday after Easter, when Christians celebrate the… …
36Pentecost — Pen|te|cost [ pentı,kɔst ] noun count or uncount 1. ) the seventh Sunday after Easter, when Christians celebrate the time when the Holy Spirit came from Heaven to Earth. British Whitsun 2. ) SHAVUOT …
37pentecost — see FIVE …
38Pentecost — The Christian Whit Sunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter; the Jewish Shavuot, the sixth and seventh days of Sivan. peon, paean, paeon. A peon is a servant or peasant; a paean is a hymn or song of praise; a paeon is a metrical foot in ancient… …
39PENTECOST — the JEWISH Feast of Weeks which fell fifty days after the Feast of PASSOVER. In CHRISTIANITY it marks the giving of the HOLY SPIRIT to the CHURCH as recorded in Acts 2 …
40pentecost — Pen·te·cost || pentɪkÉ’st n. Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter …
