Pentecost is a Christian festival that takes place on the seventh Sunday after Easter and celebrates the sending of the Holy Spirit to the first followers of Christ.
2. uncountable noun
Pentecost is a Jewish festival that takes place 50 days after Passover and celebrates the harvest.
Pentecost in British English
(ˈpɛntɪˌkɒst)
noun
1.
a Christian festival occurring on Whit Sunday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost on the apostles
2. Also called: Feast of Weeks, Shavuot Judaism
the harvest festival celebrated fifty days after the second day of Passover on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan, and commemorating the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai
Word origin
Old English, from Church Latin pentēcostē, from Greek pentēkostē fiftieth
Pentecost in American English
(ˈpɛntəˌkɔst; ˈpɛntəˌkɑst)
noun
1.
Shavuot
2.
a Christian festival on the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrating the descentof the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles; Whitsunday
Word origin
ME < LL(Ec) pentecoste < Gr(Ec) pentēkostē (hēmera), the fiftieth (day) after Passover < pentēkonta, fifty < pente, five
Examples of 'Pentecost' in a sentence
Pentecost
Then six weeks" grafting and patching - and they speak with tongues at Pentecost.