Pentecost

Definitions: Pentecost

Pentecost

Noun

1. Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland.

2. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

"Pentecost" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "fiftieth".

Date "Pentecost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Pentecost

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Pentecost i.e., "fiftieth", found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as "the feast of harvest," and again in Ex. 34:22 as "the day of the firstfruits" (Num. 28:26). From the sixteenth of the month of Nisan (the second day of the Passover), seven complete weeks, i.e., forty-nine days, were to be reckoned, and this feast was held on the fiftieth day. The manner in which it was to be kept is described in Lev. 23:15-19; Num. 28:27-29. Besides the sacrifices prescribed for the occasion, every one was to bring to the Lord his "tribute of a free-will offering" (Deut. 16:9-11). The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the completion of the grain harvest. Its distinguishing feature was the offering of "two leavened loaves" made from the new corn of the completed harvest, which, with two lambs, were waved before the Lord as a thank offering. The day of Pentecost is noted in the Christian Church as the day on which the Spirit descended upon the apostles, and on which, under Peter's preaching, so many thousands were converted in Jerusalem (Acts 2). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature	Pentecost (Greek, pentecost�, fiftieth). The festival held by the Jews on the fiftieth day after the Passover; our Whit-Sunday. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Pentecost

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Pentecost is a holiday of Christianity. Pentacost is seven weeks after Easter (or 50 days after Pascha). It is also just 10 days after the Ascension. It comes from the Greek word Pentékosté, meaning "fiftieth", and originally referring to Shavuot (the second day of Passover, on the 16th of Nisan, is the first day of counting the Omer; Shavuot is celebrated after seven full weeks, on the fiftieth day).

Christian churches that emphasize the Holy Spirit celebrate Pentecost, also called Whitsun, as the anniversary of the disciples' being filled with the Spirit, as described in the New Testament in Acts chapter 2. Most Christians recognize this event as the birth of the Church.

When is Pentecost?

Western Christianity

2002: May 19
2003: June 8

Eastern Christianity

2002: June 24

See also : Wave offerings

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pentecost."

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Synonyms: Pentecost

Synonyms: Feast of Weeks (n), Shabuoth (n), Shavous (n), Shavuot (n), Shavuoth (n), Whitsunday (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pentecost

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Rite	Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pentecost

English words defined with "Pentecost": confirmation ♦ Feast of Weeks ♦ Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit ♦ pentecostal, Pentecostals. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Pentecost": Cappadocia ♦ Feasts ♦ Gyneth ♦ Marriages ♦ Pamphylia, Parthians ♦ Tongues, Gift of ♦ Veni, Creator Spiritus ♦ Weeks, Feast of. (references)

Etymologies containing "Pentecost": Pinkster. (references)

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Modern Usage: Pentecost

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Gipsy Pentecost (The Feast of St. Sara) (1970)

Days of the Pentecost (1995)

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Commercial Usage: Pentecost

Domain	Title
References	Hicking Pentecost Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	A History of the Church from Pentecost to Present (reference) Man Called Mr. Pentecost (reference) New Proclamation: Year B, 2003, Easter Through Pentecost (New Proclamation) (reference) Pentecost and After: Studies in the Book of Acts (M. R. De Haan Classic Library / M. R. (Martin Ralph) De Haan) (reference) Pentecost in Asia: A New Way of Being Church (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Organ Book/Easter & Pentecost (reference) Pentecost III [EP] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Pentecost

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pentecost

Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Senegal	In addition, the following holidays are observed according to the religious calendars: Korite, Tabaski, Mawlud, Easter Monday, Ascension and Pentecost. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Pentecost

"Pentecost" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.79% of the time. "Pentecost" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	65.79%	25	69,787
Noun (proper)	21.05%	8	124,375
Lexical Verb (base form)	7.89%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.63%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	2.63%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	38	N/A

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Name Usage Frequency: Pentecost

The following table summarizes the usage of "Pentecost" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Pentecost	Last name	1,000	12,163
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Usage in Company Names: Pentecost

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Hicking Pentecost Plc
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pentecost

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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child pentecost sermon	20	catholic pentecost	7
pentecost symbol	20	child pentecost story	7
craft pentecost	20	kid pentecost	6
child pentecost	19	pentecost poem	6
pentecost picture	19	definition pentecost	6
pentecost sermon sunday	17	activity child pentecost	6
2003 pentecost	16	banner pentecost	6
graphic pentecost	15	child lesson pentecost	6
pentecost story	14	information pentecost	6
2003 pentecost sunday	12	celebrating child pentecost	6
image pentecost	11	liturgy pentecost	5
pentecost history	11	dove pentecost	5
homily pentecost	10	hymn pentecost	5
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Modern Translations: Pentecost

Language		Translations for "Pentecost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rrëshaja. (various references)

Arabic		‏عيد العنصرة, ‏عيد الخمسين. (various references)

Bulgarian		петдесетница (whitsun, whitsunday). (various references)

Danish		pinse (Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Dutch		Pinksteren (Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide), Pinksterfeest (Whitsunday). (various references)

Esperanto		Pentekosto (Whitsunday). (various references)

Faeroese		hvítusunna (Whitsunday). (various references)

Farsi		عیدپنجاهه , عیدگلریزان . (various references)

French		pentecôte. (various references)

German		Pfingsten (Whitsun, Whitsunday, whitsuntide). (various references)

Greek		πεντηκοστή (whitsun, whitsunday). (various references)

Hebrew		ח�' �"שבועות (feast of weeks). (various references)

Hungarian		Pünkösd (Whitsunday). (various references)

Indonesian		pentekosta. (various references)

Italian		pentecoste (Feast of Weeks, sha-bu-ot, sha-bu-oth, sha-vu-os, sha-vu-ot, sha-vu-oth, shavuoths, shavuots, she-vu-os, shevuoses, she-vu-oth, shevuots, Whitsun, whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		聖霊降臨祭 , �"旬節 , 七週の祭り (the Feast of Weeks), 七週の祭 (the Feast of Weeks). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ななしゅうのまつり (the Feast of Weeks), ななまわりのいわい (the Feast of Weeks), せいれい�"うり�"さい, �"じゅ�"せつ. (various references)

Manx		Yn chingeesh (Whitsun, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Papiamen		Pentekòste (Whitsunday). (various references)

Pig Latin		entecostpay

Portuguese		Pentecostes (penthouse, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Russian		пятидесятница (Whit Sunday). (various references)

Scottish		Caingis. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		duhovi (pinaster, spirits). (various references)

Spanish		Pentecostés (Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Swedish		pingst (whitsum, whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references)

Turkish		yahudilerin biçme bayramı, hristiyanların hamsin yortusu, şavuot. (various references)

Ukranian		святки (christmas tide), трійця (triumvirate, whit sunday, whitsunday). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pentecost

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	pentekoste hemera. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Dominica Pentecostis, pentecoste, pentecosten, pentecostes. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Pentecost

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 20, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ekrinen gar o pauloV parapleusai thn efeson opwV mh genhtai autw cronotribhsai en th asia espeuden gar ei dunaton hn autw thn hmeran thV penthkosthV genesqai eiV ierosoluma
Latin	405	Vulgate	Proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum ne qua mora illi fieret in Asia festinabat enim si possibile sibi esset ut diem pentecosten faceret Hierosolymis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Poul purposide to schip ouer to Efesi, lest ony tariyng were maad to hym in Asie; for he hiyede, if it were possible to hym, that he schulde be in the dai of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	For Paul had determined to leave Ephesus as they sayled because he wolde not spende ye tyme in Asia. For he hasted to be (yf he coulde possible) at Ierusalem at the daye of pentecoste.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
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Matched Bible Translations: Pentecost

Language	Acts Chapter 20, Verse 16
Albanian	Sepse Pali kishte vendosur të lundronte pa u ndalur në Efes, që të mos humbiste kohë në Azi; sepse nxitonte që të ndodhej, po të ishte e mundur, në Jeruzalem ditën e Rrëshajëve.
Cebuano	Kay tuyo man ugod ni Pablo ang pagsaylo lamang sa Efeso aron dili siya kausikan ug panahon didto sa Asia; kay siya nagdali sa pag-abut sa Jerusalem, kon mahimo, sa adlaw sa Pentecostes.
Croatian	Jer Pavao je odluèio mimoiæi Efez da se ne bi zadržao u Aziji: žurio se da, uzmogne li, na dan Pedesetnice bude u Jeruzalemu.
Danish	Thi Paulus havde besluttet at sejle Efesus forbi, for at det ikke skulde hændes, at han blev opholdt i Asien; thi han hastede for at komme til Jerusalem på Pinsedagen, om det var ham muligt.
Finnish	Sillä Paavali oli päättänyt purjehtia Efeson ohitse, ettei häneltä kuluisi aikaa Aasiassa; sillä hän kiiruhti joutuakseen, jos suinkin mahdollista, helluntaiksi Jerusalemiin.
French	Paul avait résolu de passer devant Éphèse sans s`y arrêter, afin de ne pas perdre de temps en Asie; car il se hâtait pour se trouver, si cela lui était possible, � Jérusalem le jour de la Pentecôte.
German	Denn Paulus hatte beschlossen, an Ephesus vorüberzuschiffen, daß er nicht müßte in Asien Zeit zubringen; denn er eilte, auf den Pfingsttag zu Jerusalem zu sein, so es ihm möglich wäre.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Paulus telah menetapkan untuk tidak singgah di Efesus, supaya jangan membuang waktu di daerah Asia. Sedapat mungkin ia ingin cepat-cepat sampai di Yerusalem pada hari raya Pentakosta.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena maksud Paulus akan berlayar melintas Epesus, supaya jangan berlambatan di tanah Asia sebab ia hendak bangat, kalau boleh ia tiba di Yeruzalem pada hari raya Pentakosta.
Italian	Paolo aveva deciso di passare al largo di Efeso per evitare di subire ritardi nella provincia d'Asia: gli premeva di essere a Gerusalemme, se possibile, per il giorno della Pentecoste.
Maori	I mea hoki a Paora kia rere i waho ake o Epeha, kei roa ia ki Ahia: i porangi hoki me kore e rokohanga atu ia e te ra o te Petekoha ki Hiruharama.
Norwegian	For Paulus hadde satt sig fore å seile Efesus forbi, så han ikke skulde bli heftet i Asia; for han hastet for å nå frem til Jerusalem til pinsedag, om det var ham mulig.
Portuguese	Porque Paulo havia determinado passar ao largo de Éfeso, para não se demorar na Ásia; pois se apressava para estar em Jerusalém no dia de Pentecostes, se lhe fosse possível.
Rumanian	Pavel se hotqrkse sq treacq pe lkngq Efes, fqrq sq se opreascq aici, ca sq nu peardq vremea kn Asia; cqci se grqbea ca, dacq -i va fi cu putinyq, sq fie kn Ierusalim de ziua Cincizecimii.
Shuar	Pápruka Jerusarénnum wari wétajtsa wakerimiayi, Pintikiustís naartin Jístatin pachiinkiataj tusa. Tuma asamtai, Asia nunkanam ti Núkap pujustinian nakitiak "Ipisiunam wéchattajai" Tímiayi.
Spanish	pues Pablo había decidido pasar de largo a Éfeso para no detenerse en Asia; porque, de serle posible, se apresuraba para pasar el día de Pentecostés en Jerusalén.
Swahili	Paulo alikuwa amekusudia kuendelea na safari kwa meli bila kupitia Efeso ili asikawie zaidi huko Asia. Alikuwa na haraka ya kufika Yerusalemu kwa sikukuu ya Pentekoste kama ingewezekana.
Swedish	Paulus hade nämligen beslutit att segla förbi Efesus, för att icke fördröja sig i provinsen Asien; ty han påskyndade sin färd, för att, om det bleve honom möjligt, till pingstdagen kunna vara i Jerusalem.
Uma	Napakatantu ami' -mi Paulus, bona neo' -pi leba' mehani hi ngata Efesus, bona neo' -kai mahae rahi hi propinsi Asia. Doko' napesahui pomako' -na, apa' konoa nono-na doko' mpokaralai eo bohe Pentakosta hi Yerusalem.
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Misspellings: Pentecost

Misspellings
	"Pentecost" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Panticosa, Pantlcosa, Penticost. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pentecost"

Words rhyming with "Pentecost" (pronounced 'Pen"te*cost'): Discost, Needscost, Oncost. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pentecost

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-n-o-p-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: postteen, potences, potteens.
	-2 letters: cenotes, contest, openest, pectens, pentose, posteen, poteens, potence, potteen.
	-3 letters: cenote, centos, contes, copens, netops, octets, pecten, peones, ponces, pontes, poteen, potent, septet, spence, tenets, teston, topees.
	-4 letters: cense, cento, cents, cepes, cetes, cones, conte, copen, copes, copse, coset, cotes, escot, estop, neeps, netop, netts, notes, octet, onces, onset, opens.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-n-o-p-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: contretemps, counterstep.
	+3 letters: contemplates, countersteps, expectations, expectorants, incompetents, inspectorate, interceptors, introspected, postelection, receptionist, stereopticon.
	+4 letters: inspectorates, interceptions, interoceptors, introspective, outplacements, perfectionist, postpubescent, receptionists, retrospecting, retrospection, stereopticons, totipotencies.
	+5 letters: contemplatives, contraceptives, counterpickets, counterprotest, counterstepped, decrepitations, expectorations, perfectionists, photoelectrons, postadolescent, postpubescents, preconstructed, protectiveness, retrospections, supercontinent.
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