| 释义 |
Pentecost /penˈti-kost/ noun- A Jewish festival held on the fiftieth day after the Passover (also called the Feast of Weeks, and Shabuoth or Shavuot)
- The Christian festival of Whitsuntide, seven weeks after Easter
ORIGIN: Gr pentēkostē (hēmerā), fiftieth (day) Pentecostˈal adjective - Of or relating to Pentecost
- Of or relating to any of several fundamentalist Christian groups placing great emphasis on the spiritual powers of the Holy Spirit
noun- A Pentecostalist
- (in pl) offerings formerly made to the parish priest at Whitsuntide
Pentecostˈalist noun A member of a Pentecostal church |