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PENTECOST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
Synonyms:
Feast of Weeks; Pentecost; Shabuoth; Shavous; Shavuot; Shavuoth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Pentecost" is a kind of...):
Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Derivation:
pentecostal (of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
Synonyms:
Pentecost; Whitsunday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Pentecost" is a kind of...):
quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
Holonyms ("Pentecost" is a part of...):
Whitsun; Whitsuntide; Whitweek (Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days))
Derivation:
pentecostal (of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost)
