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   Pen·te·cost

   /ˈpen(t)əˌkôst/

   

   noun

   • 1. the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter.
   • ▪ the day on which Pentecost is held.
   • 2. the Jewish festival of Shavuoth.

   Word Origin Old Englishpentecosten, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’ (because the Jewish festival is held on the fiftieth day after the second day of Passover).

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