Definition of Pentecost in English:

Pentecost

noun ˈpɛntɪkɒstˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔst

1The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter.
Example sentencesExamples
- Changing the names of the Sundays between Easter Day and Pentecost to Sundays of Easter appropriately connected the Resurrection to the outpouring of the Spirit, making it clear that Easter is not a day but a week of weeks.
- After his seventh Pentecost at sea Brendan finally sails back towards Ireland and home, with the Steward in the prow as pilot.
- At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples the gift of speaking in different languages - the languages of their hearers.
- The Easter and Pentecost seasons close with the celebration of one of Christianity's greatest mysteries: God as one, yet three.
- These are manifestations of the Spirit's coming to the church on the day of Pentecost shortly after Jesus' ascension.
- First, assorted passages from Revelation made up the second reading for six of the seven Sundays between Easter and Pentecost.
- From time to time there is talk of a fixed date for Easter and Pentecost Sunday - all part of the minimizing of symbolic distinctiveness, in the service of secular convenience, and a slow form of ritual suicide for any religious tradition.
- These weeks from Easter to Pentecost memorialize the calling forth and sending out of Jesus' witnesses.
- There are the usual holy days of the Roman Catholic Church - Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, the Immaculate Conception and others.
- Technically it is more important than Christmas, ranking after Easter and Pentecost.
- What joy, then, when the dovelike Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost.
- From Easter to Pentecost they live in relative plenty on the nearby Paradise of the Birds.
- This scripture is used to prove that the disciples received the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost without speaking in tongues.
- Of course, these stern warnings only make sense in light of what was announced and celebrated on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays.
- Only the experiences which are described as Easter and Pentecost created their faith in the paradoxical character of the messianic claim.
- The reading from Acts comes in the lull between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost.
- In many communities a second day is added to the celebrations of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost.
- There's a balance on the course between Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and Pentecost, the outpouring of the spirit.
- Proselytes were among the Christians at the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- As the church prepares to celebrate the ascension and Pentecost, readings are focused on the life of the disciples after Jesus.
1. 1.1 The day on which the festival of Pentecost is held; Whit Sunday.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Catholic Church was started on the Day of Pentecost in about 33 AD.
  On the day of Pentecost, the passion would not be contained or concealed in an upper room, it had to make its way, like a river, into the city, and eventually, all the world.
  At another level, one has to make a conscious choice to move beyond denial and answer the question: How much do we let the spirit of the day of Pentecost become part of our spirituality and vocations of training, pastoral care and counseling?
  We know this because Pentecost is 50 days after Passover.
  This promise was fulfilled in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  The decline of the Church as a whole reached rock bottom during the Dark Ages, where the Church was hardly recognisable as the same holy, dynamic company birthed by God on the Day of Pentecost.
  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place and suddenly, out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
  The gift of tongues given to these men on the day of Pentecost was a sign to the Jews gathered in Jerusalem that judgment was coming upon them for their rejection of the Lord of Glory, Jesus the Messiah.
  As we look at the Church from the Day of Pentecost to today, we see four very clear eras.
  Finally, on the day of Pentecost, it was a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit.
  That is precisely the joy that turned the world upside-down on the day of Pentecost.
  The disciples spent nearly three years asking this question, and yet they didn't really understand until the day of Pentecost.
  Maybe we can imagine for a moment being part of the crowd that Pentecost day.
  After the Jews were able to hear the good news in their own languages that Pentecost day, they listened to Peter's stories.
  On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached that Christ had been put to death both by the definite plan and foreknowledge of God - and by the hands of lawless men.
  As we look at the account of the first Pentecost, it clearly was not just another day.
  When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
  Our second example is also a case of ‘direct reference’ - Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.
  The sinews of life are ripped to shreds and we find ourselves alone, incapable of restoring the order that we desire. Gentle Spirit, come to us again as you did on the day of Pentecost.
  Remember, too, that Easter is not just one day but actually 50 days, culminating with the Day of Pentecost.
2The Jewish festival of Shavuoth.
Example sentencesExamples
- The account in Acts 2 presupposes the Jewish festival of Pentecost which commemorates the giving of the Torah.
- The Christian festival of Pentecost also comes from Shavuot.
- The Feast of the Pentecost was a Pilgrimage Feast, a Jewish Thanksgiving that drew all ‘nations’ together.

Origin

Old English pentecosten, 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).

Definition of Pentecost in US English:

Pentecost

nounˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔstˈpen(t)əˌkôst

1The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter.
Example sentencesExamples
- These weeks from Easter to Pentecost memorialize the calling forth and sending out of Jesus' witnesses.
- First, assorted passages from Revelation made up the second reading for six of the seven Sundays between Easter and Pentecost.
- After his seventh Pentecost at sea Brendan finally sails back towards Ireland and home, with the Steward in the prow as pilot.
- In many communities a second day is added to the celebrations of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost.
- What joy, then, when the dovelike Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost.
- This scripture is used to prove that the disciples received the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost without speaking in tongues.
- From Easter to Pentecost they live in relative plenty on the nearby Paradise of the Birds.
- Technically it is more important than Christmas, ranking after Easter and Pentecost.
- Proselytes were among the Christians at the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples the gift of speaking in different languages - the languages of their hearers.
- Only the experiences which are described as Easter and Pentecost created their faith in the paradoxical character of the messianic claim.
- These are manifestations of the Spirit's coming to the church on the day of Pentecost shortly after Jesus' ascension.
- There are the usual holy days of the Roman Catholic Church - Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, the Immaculate Conception and others.
- Changing the names of the Sundays between Easter Day and Pentecost to Sundays of Easter appropriately connected the Resurrection to the outpouring of the Spirit, making it clear that Easter is not a day but a week of weeks.
- The reading from Acts comes in the lull between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost.
- As the church prepares to celebrate the ascension and Pentecost, readings are focused on the life of the disciples after Jesus.
- The Easter and Pentecost seasons close with the celebration of one of Christianity's greatest mysteries: God as one, yet three.
- There's a balance on the course between Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and Pentecost, the outpouring of the spirit.
- Of course, these stern warnings only make sense in light of what was announced and celebrated on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays.
- From time to time there is talk of a fixed date for Easter and Pentecost Sunday - all part of the minimizing of symbolic distinctiveness, in the service of secular convenience, and a slow form of ritual suicide for any religious tradition.
1. 1.1 The day on which Pentecost is held.
  Also called Whitsunday
  Example sentencesExamples
  Remember, too, that Easter is not just one day but actually 50 days, culminating with the Day of Pentecost.
  When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
  After the Jews were able to hear the good news in their own languages that Pentecost day, they listened to Peter's stories.
  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place and suddenly, out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
  We know this because Pentecost is 50 days after Passover.
  The sinews of life are ripped to shreds and we find ourselves alone, incapable of restoring the order that we desire. Gentle Spirit, come to us again as you did on the day of Pentecost.
  At another level, one has to make a conscious choice to move beyond denial and answer the question: How much do we let the spirit of the day of Pentecost become part of our spirituality and vocations of training, pastoral care and counseling?
  As we look at the Church from the Day of Pentecost to today, we see four very clear eras.
  The gift of tongues given to these men on the day of Pentecost was a sign to the Jews gathered in Jerusalem that judgment was coming upon them for their rejection of the Lord of Glory, Jesus the Messiah.
  The disciples spent nearly three years asking this question, and yet they didn't really understand until the day of Pentecost.
  The decline of the Church as a whole reached rock bottom during the Dark Ages, where the Church was hardly recognisable as the same holy, dynamic company birthed by God on the Day of Pentecost.
  Finally, on the day of Pentecost, it was a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit.
  The Catholic Church was started on the Day of Pentecost in about 33 AD.
  Maybe we can imagine for a moment being part of the crowd that Pentecost day.
  This promise was fulfilled in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached that Christ had been put to death both by the definite plan and foreknowledge of God - and by the hands of lawless men.
  On the day of Pentecost, the passion would not be contained or concealed in an upper room, it had to make its way, like a river, into the city, and eventually, all the world.
  Our second example is also a case of ‘direct reference’ - Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.
  As we look at the account of the first Pentecost, it clearly was not just another day.
  That is precisely the joy that turned the world upside-down on the day of Pentecost.
2The Jewish festival of Shavuoth.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Christian festival of Pentecost also comes from Shavuot.
- The Feast of the Pentecost was a Pilgrimage Feast, a Jewish Thanksgiving that drew all ‘nations’ together.
- The account in Acts 2 presupposes the Jewish festival of Pentecost which commemorates the giving of the Torah.

Origin

Old English pentecosten, 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).

单词	Pentecost
释义	Definition of Pentecost in English: Pentecost noun ˈpɛntɪkɒstˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔst 1The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Example sentencesExamples Changing the names of the Sundays between Easter Day and Pentecost to Sundays of Easter appropriately connected the Resurrection to the outpouring of the Spirit, making it clear that Easter is not a day but a week of weeks. After his seventh Pentecost at sea Brendan finally sails back towards Ireland and home, with the Steward in the prow as pilot. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples the gift of speaking in different languages - the languages of their hearers. The Easter and Pentecost seasons close with the celebration of one of Christianity's greatest mysteries: God as one, yet three. These are manifestations of the Spirit's coming to the church on the day of Pentecost shortly after Jesus' ascension. First, assorted passages from Revelation made up the second reading for six of the seven Sundays between Easter and Pentecost. From time to time there is talk of a fixed date for Easter and Pentecost Sunday - all part of the minimizing of symbolic distinctiveness, in the service of secular convenience, and a slow form of ritual suicide for any religious tradition. These weeks from Easter to Pentecost memorialize the calling forth and sending out of Jesus' witnesses. There are the usual holy days of the Roman Catholic Church - Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, the Immaculate Conception and others. Technically it is more important than Christmas, ranking after Easter and Pentecost. What joy, then, when the dovelike Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost. From Easter to Pentecost they live in relative plenty on the nearby Paradise of the Birds. This scripture is used to prove that the disciples received the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost without speaking in tongues. Of course, these stern warnings only make sense in light of what was announced and celebrated on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays. Only the experiences which are described as Easter and Pentecost created their faith in the paradoxical character of the messianic claim. The reading from Acts comes in the lull between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost. In many communities a second day is added to the celebrations of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. There's a balance on the course between Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and Pentecost, the outpouring of the spirit. Proselytes were among the Christians at the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the church prepares to celebrate the ascension and Pentecost, readings are focused on the life of the disciples after Jesus. 1.1 The day on which the festival of Pentecost is held; Whit Sunday. Example sentencesExamples The Catholic Church was started on the Day of Pentecost in about 33 AD. On the day of Pentecost, the passion would not be contained or concealed in an upper room, it had to make its way, like a river, into the city, and eventually, all the world. At another level, one has to make a conscious choice to move beyond denial and answer the question: How much do we let the spirit of the day of Pentecost become part of our spirituality and vocations of training, pastoral care and counseling? We know this because Pentecost is 50 days after Passover. This promise was fulfilled in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. The decline of the Church as a whole reached rock bottom during the Dark Ages, where the Church was hardly recognisable as the same holy, dynamic company birthed by God on the Day of Pentecost. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place and suddenly, out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. The gift of tongues given to these men on the day of Pentecost was a sign to the Jews gathered in Jerusalem that judgment was coming upon them for their rejection of the Lord of Glory, Jesus the Messiah. As we look at the Church from the Day of Pentecost to today, we see four very clear eras. Finally, on the day of Pentecost, it was a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit. That is precisely the joy that turned the world upside-down on the day of Pentecost. The disciples spent nearly three years asking this question, and yet they didn't really understand until the day of Pentecost. Maybe we can imagine for a moment being part of the crowd that Pentecost day. After the Jews were able to hear the good news in their own languages that Pentecost day, they listened to Peter's stories. On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached that Christ had been put to death both by the definite plan and foreknowledge of God - and by the hands of lawless men. As we look at the account of the first Pentecost, it clearly was not just another day. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Our second example is also a case of ‘direct reference’ - Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost. The sinews of life are ripped to shreds and we find ourselves alone, incapable of restoring the order that we desire. Gentle Spirit, come to us again as you did on the day of Pentecost. Remember, too, that Easter is not just one day but actually 50 days, culminating with the Day of Pentecost. 2The Jewish festival of Shavuoth. Example sentencesExamples The account in Acts 2 presupposes the Jewish festival of Pentecost which commemorates the giving of the Torah. The Christian festival of Pentecost also comes from Shavuot. The Feast of the Pentecost was a Pilgrimage Feast, a Jewish Thanksgiving that drew all ‘nations’ together. Origin Old English pentecosten, 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). Definition of Pentecost in US English: Pentecost nounˈpɛn(t)əˌkɔstˈpen(t)əˌkôst 1The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Example sentencesExamples These weeks from Easter to Pentecost memorialize the calling forth and sending out of Jesus' witnesses. First, assorted passages from Revelation made up the second reading for six of the seven Sundays between Easter and Pentecost. After his seventh Pentecost at sea Brendan finally sails back towards Ireland and home, with the Steward in the prow as pilot. In many communities a second day is added to the celebrations of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. What joy, then, when the dovelike Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost. This scripture is used to prove that the disciples received the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost without speaking in tongues. From Easter to Pentecost they live in relative plenty on the nearby Paradise of the Birds. Technically it is more important than Christmas, ranking after Easter and Pentecost. Proselytes were among the Christians at the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples the gift of speaking in different languages - the languages of their hearers. Only the experiences which are described as Easter and Pentecost created their faith in the paradoxical character of the messianic claim. These are manifestations of the Spirit's coming to the church on the day of Pentecost shortly after Jesus' ascension. There are the usual holy days of the Roman Catholic Church - Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, the Immaculate Conception and others. Changing the names of the Sundays between Easter Day and Pentecost to Sundays of Easter appropriately connected the Resurrection to the outpouring of the Spirit, making it clear that Easter is not a day but a week of weeks. The reading from Acts comes in the lull between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost. As the church prepares to celebrate the ascension and Pentecost, readings are focused on the life of the disciples after Jesus. The Easter and Pentecost seasons close with the celebration of one of Christianity's greatest mysteries: God as one, yet three. There's a balance on the course between Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and Pentecost, the outpouring of the spirit. Of course, these stern warnings only make sense in light of what was announced and celebrated on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays. From time to time there is talk of a fixed date for Easter and Pentecost Sunday - all part of the minimizing of symbolic distinctiveness, in the service of secular convenience, and a slow form of ritual suicide for any religious tradition. 1.1 The day on which Pentecost is held. Also called Whitsunday Example sentencesExamples Remember, too, that Easter is not just one day but actually 50 days, culminating with the Day of Pentecost. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. After the Jews were able to hear the good news in their own languages that Pentecost day, they listened to Peter's stories. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place and suddenly, out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. We know this because Pentecost is 50 days after Passover. The sinews of life are ripped to shreds and we find ourselves alone, incapable of restoring the order that we desire. Gentle Spirit, come to us again as you did on the day of Pentecost. At another level, one has to make a conscious choice to move beyond denial and answer the question: How much do we let the spirit of the day of Pentecost become part of our spirituality and vocations of training, pastoral care and counseling? As we look at the Church from the Day of Pentecost to today, we see four very clear eras. The gift of tongues given to these men on the day of Pentecost was a sign to the Jews gathered in Jerusalem that judgment was coming upon them for their rejection of the Lord of Glory, Jesus the Messiah. The disciples spent nearly three years asking this question, and yet they didn't really understand until the day of Pentecost. The decline of the Church as a whole reached rock bottom during the Dark Ages, where the Church was hardly recognisable as the same holy, dynamic company birthed by God on the Day of Pentecost. Finally, on the day of Pentecost, it was a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit. The Catholic Church was started on the Day of Pentecost in about 33 AD. Maybe we can imagine for a moment being part of the crowd that Pentecost day. This promise was fulfilled in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached that Christ had been put to death both by the definite plan and foreknowledge of God - and by the hands of lawless men. On the day of Pentecost, the passion would not be contained or concealed in an upper room, it had to make its way, like a river, into the city, and eventually, all the world. Our second example is also a case of ‘direct reference’ - Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost. As we look at the account of the first Pentecost, it clearly was not just another day. That is precisely the joy that turned the world upside-down on the day of Pentecost. 2The Jewish festival of Shavuoth. Example sentencesExamples The Christian festival of Pentecost also comes from Shavuot. The Feast of the Pentecost was a Pilgrimage Feast, a Jewish Thanksgiving that drew all ‘nations’ together. The account in Acts 2 presupposes the Jewish festival of Pentecost which commemorates the giving of the Torah. Origin Old English pentecosten, 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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