| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Pentecost |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pen·te·cost |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n t -kôst , -k st |
| NOUN: | 1. The seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Also called Whitsunday. 2. Judaism See Shavuot. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English pentecoste, from Old English Pentecosten, from Late Latin Pent cost, from Greek pentkost (hmer ), fiftieth (day), feminine of pentkostos, fiftieth, from pentkonta, fifty. See penkwe in Appendix I.
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