Pentecostal

Definitions: Pentecostal

Pentecostal

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members.

2. Of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost.

Noun

1. Any member of a Pentecostal religious body.

Date "pentecostal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references)

Synonym: Pentecostal

Synonym: Pentecostalist (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Pentecostalism

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Pentecostalism may be viewed as a subset of the Charismatic movement which may also include Catholic members.

History

Modern Pentecostalism was founded around 1901 by Charles Fox Parham, a minister of Methodist background in Topeka, Kansas . The commonly accepted origin dates from when Agnes Ozman received the gift of tongues (glossolalia) at Charles Parham's Bethal Bible College in Topeka in 1901. Parham formulated the doctrine that tongues was the "Bible evidence" of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Parham left Topeka and begin a revival ministry which led to a link to the Asuza street revival through William J. Seymour whom he taught in Houston.

The expansion of the movement started with the Azusa Street Revival, beginning April 9, 1906 at the Los Angeles home of a Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee when Mr. Lee experienced what he felt to be an infilling of the Holy Spirit during a prayer session. The attending pastor, William J. Seymour, also claimed that he was overcome with the Holy Spirit on April 12, 1906. On April 18, 1906, the Los Angeles Times ran a front page story on the movement. By the third week in April, 1906, the small but growing congregation had rented an abandoned AME church at 312 Azusa Street and organized as the Apostolic Faith Mission.

The first decade of Pentecostalism was marked by interracial assemblies,"...Whites and blacks mix in a religious frenzy,..." according to a local newspaper account. This lasted until 1924, when the church split along racial lines. In 1994, Pentecostals returned to their roots of racial reconciliation and proposed formal unification of the major white and black branches of the Pentecostal Church, in a meeting subsequently known as the Memphis Miracle. This unification occurred in 1998, again in Memphis, Tennessee.

Size

The largest Pentecostal denominations in the United States today are the Church of God in Christ, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and the Assemblies of God. According to a Spring 1998 article in Christian History, there are about 11,000 different pentecostal or charismatic denominations worldwide.

The size of Pentecostalism in the U.S. is likely more than 10 million and also including approx 918,000 (4%) of the Hispanic population, counting all unaffiliated congregations, although exact numbers are hard to come by, in part because some tenets of Pentecostalism are held by members of non-Pentecostal denominations in what has been called the charismatic movement.

Worldwide, estimates range from 100 to approximately 400 million. Pentecostalism is sometimes referred to as the "third force of Christianity."

Theology

Theologically, most Pentecostal denominations are aligned with evangelicalism in that they emphasize the reliability of the Bible and the need for conversion to faith in Jesus Christ.

The distinguishing characteristic of Pentecostalism is its emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit. Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, is seen as evidence that a person has received one of many blessings or spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit. Most major Pentacostal churches also accept the corollary that those who don't speak in tongues have not received the blessing of the Holy Spirit. However, critics charge that this doctrine does not mesh well with Paul's criticism of the early Corinthian church for their obsession with speaking in tongues (see 1 Corinthians, chapters 12-14 in the New Testament). The idea that one is not saved unless one speaks in tongues is rejected by most major Pentecostal denominations.

Some Pentecostal sects hold to "Oneness theology", which denies the traditional doctrine of the Trinity. The largest Pentecostal "Oneness" denomination in the United States is the United Pentecostal Church. Oneness Pentecostals, sometimes known as "Jesus only" or "apostolic" Pentecostals for their belief that the original apostles baptized converts in the name of Jesus only, believe that God has revealed Himself in three different roles rather than believing that God exists in three distinct persons sharing one substance. See Sabellianism.

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

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Crosswords: Pentecostal

English words defined with "pentecostal": Pentecostal religion, pentecostalism, Pentecostalist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Pentecostal

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The hysterical shouting was in tongues, like at a Pentecostal Church. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Pentecostal

Domain	Title
Books	Born Again in Brazil: The Pentecostal Boom and the Pathogens of Poverty (reference) Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century (reference) Foundations of Pentecostal Theology (reference) Oneness Pentecostal Churches (reference) Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Asian Journal Of Pentecostal Studies (reference) Journal Of Pentecostal Theology (reference) Pentecostal Messenger (reference) Pentecostal Testimony (reference) Todays Pentecostal Evangel (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Minister Keith Pringle and Pentecostal Community Choir (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Photo Album: Pentecostal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Preacher conducting hymn singing. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.		Choir singing at revival meeting in Pentecostal church. Cambria, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Praying during revival meeting. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.		Evangelist preaching sermon. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Prayer during revival meeting. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Pentecostal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Belarus	In April relying on these new regulations, the Minsk city authorities refused to extend the registration of the foreign pastor of a Pentecostal church. (references)
	Russia	In September a court in Kirov ordered the local department of the Ministry of Justice to register the Volga-Vyatsk church, a Pentecostal congregation. (references)
	Russia	The Chelyabinsk department of the Ministry of Justice also rejected the registration applications of Baptist, Adventist, and Pentecostal churches on similar grounds. (references)
Economic History	Romania	Religions: Orthodox 86.8%, Roman Catholic 5%, Reformed Protestant, Baptist, and Pentecostal 5%, Greek Catholic (Uniate) 1%, Jewish less than 0.1%. (references)
Human Rights	Turkmenistan	In past years, foreign diplomats have not had access to several ostensibly open court proceedings; however, in January the Government allowed foreign diplomats access to court hearings of a Pentecostal pastor who was being evicted from his home. (references)
Minorities	Yugoslavia	On October 22, three youths vandalized the home of and threatened a Pentecostal pastor in Backa Palanka, Vojvodina. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pentecostal

"Pentecostal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 87.88% of the time. "Pentecostal" is used about 33 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
Adjective (general or positive)	87.88%	29	64,444
Noun (proper)	12.12%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	33	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Pentecostal

Expressions using "pentecostal": pentecostal religion ♦ pentecostal revival. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "pentecostal": pentecostal-type.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pentecostal

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
pentecostal	420	pentecostal doctrine	13
united pentecostal church	169	pentecostal movement	12
pentecostal church	156	college pentecostal	11
assembly pentecostal world	94	camp lakeshore pentecostal	11
united pentecostal church international	52	pentecostal power	10
pentecostal sermon	43	pentecostal music	10
pentecostal religion	34	pentecostal chat	10
house pentecostal publishing	34	pentecostal bible study	10
united pentecostal	31	church holiness international pentecostal	10
church god pentecostal	30	pentecostal single	10
pentecostal belief	26	pentecostal sermon outline	10
assembly canada pentecostal	25	de dios iglesia m.i pentecostal	9
iglesia pentecostal unida	21	bible college pentecostal	9
pentecostal history	19	de dios iglesia pentecostal	9
iglesia pentecostal	19	pentecostal theology	9
pentecostal holiness church	17	church first pentecostal united	9
holiness pentecostal	16	oneness pentecostal	8
apostolic pentecostal	14	apostolic church faith pentecostal	8
pentecostal publishing	14	evangel pentecostal	8
apostolic pentecostal church	13	church in lansdale pentecostal	8
		eastern pentecostal bible college	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pentecostal

Language		Translations for "pentecostal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		helluntailainen. (various references)

Hungarian		pünkösdi. (various references)

Pig Latin		entecostalpay

Russian		относящийся к Троице, пятидесятный. (various references)

Spanish		de pentecostés. (various references)

Swedish		pingströrelse (pentecostal revival), pingsrörelse (Pentecostal revival). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Pentecostal

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

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Rhyming with "Pentecostal"

Words rhyming with "pentecostal" (pronounced 'Pen`te*cos"tal'): Abettal, Abuttal, Aconital, Acquittal, Alimental, Aliseptal, Antenatal, Antisacerdotal, Aplacental, Argental, Argumental, Assonantal, Atlantal, Attal, Bidental, Brutal, Cliental, Coincidental, Committal, Complemental, Complimental, Consonantal, Contrapuntal, Costal, Departmental, Detrimental, Detrital, Developmental, Dialectal, Diminutal, Distal, Documental, Dotal, Ectal, Ectental, Edental, Edictal, Electro-vital, Elemental, Emolumental, Ental, Equimomental, Equirotal, Excremental, Experimental, Extradotal, fatal, festal, fetal, firmamental. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pentecostal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-o-p-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: opalescent.
	-2 letters: antelopes, conepates, conepatls, pentacles, tentacles, toeplates.
	-3 letters: acetones, antelope, calottes, capelets, capstone, cleanest, conepate, conepatl, lactones, notecase, opalesce, opencast, paletots, palettes, pectates, pentacle, polecats, polentas, postteen, potences, potteens, spectate, telecast, tentacle, toeplate.
	-4 letters: acetone, acetose, apostle, calotte, cantles, capelet, caplets, capotes, casette, celesta, cenotes, centals, cetanes, cleanse, coatees, contest, costate, enclasp, enclose.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-o-p-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: contemplates.
	+2 letters: outplacements.
	+3 letters: contemplatives, postadolescent.
	+4 letters: conceptualities, postadolescents.
	+5 letters: compartmentalise, complementations, exceptionalities, postencephalitic.
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