Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: Pentecost  'pen-tu,kóst
  1. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
    - Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Feast of Weeks
     
  2. Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
    - Whitsunday

Derived forms: Pentecosts

Type of: Jewish holy day, quarter day [Brit]

Part of: Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek

Encyclopedia: Pentecost, Mississippi

Nearest

Pentastomida
pentasyllabic
Pentateuch
pentathlete
pentathlon
pentatone
pentatonic
pentatonic scale
pentavalent
pentazocine
Pentecost
pentecostal
Pentecostal
Pentecostal religion
pentecostalism
Pentecostalist
penthouse
pentimento
pentlandite
pentobarbital
pentobarbital sodium