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pentecost meaning and definition
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Definition of Pentecost (noun)
- seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
- synonyms: Whitsunday
- (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
- synonyms: Feast of Weeks, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth
Source: Princeton University Wordnet