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Pentecost

noun

Pen·​te·​cost ˈpen-ti-ˌkȯst How to pronounce Pentecost (audio)
-ˌkäst
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: a Christian feast on the seventh Sunday after Easter commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles

called also Whitsunday

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English pentecosten, from Late Latin pentecoste, from Greek pentēkostē, literally, fiftieth day, from pentēkostos fiftieth, from pentēkonta fifty, from penta- + -konta (akin to Latin viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Pentecost was before the 12th century

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