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1. Pentecost
noun. seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland.
Synonyms
- quarter day
- Whitsuntide
- Whitsunday
- Whitsun
Etymology
- πεντηκοστή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
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2. Pentecost
noun. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
Synonyms
- Feast of Weeks
- Shavous
- Shabuoth
- Shavuot
- Shavuoth
Etymology
- πεντηκοστή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))