Noun: Pentecost 'pen-tu,kóst
- Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
- Whitsunday
- (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
- Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Feast of Weeks
Derived forms: Pentecosts
Type of: Jewish holy day, quarter day [Brit]
Part of: Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek
Encyclopedia: Pentecost, Mississippi