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PENTECOSTAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of a Pentecostal religious body

Synonyms:

Pentecostal; Pentecostalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Pentecostal" is a kind of...):

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Holonyms ("Pentecostal" is a member of...):

Pentecostal religion (any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples)

Derivation:

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)

Derivation:

Pentecost ((Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments)

Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Pentecostal religion (any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples)

Derivation:

Pentecostal (any member of a Pentecostal religious body)

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