Pentecost Synonyms

pĕntĭ-kôst, -kŏst
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. whitsunday
  2. shavuot
  3. seventh Sunday after Easter
  4. festival
  5. Shavous
  6. shabuoth
  7. the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
  8. Shavuoth
  9. feast-of-weeks

Words Related to Pentecost

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. palm-sunday
  2. transfiguration
  3. the-ascension
  4. the-eucharist
  5. candlemas
  6. the Nativity
  7. eucharist
  8. holy-week
  9. ash-wednesday
  10. annunciation
  11. last-supper
  12. passover

Pentecost Sentence Examples

  • With these have been incorporated the older regulations of H on the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, vv.

  • It began on the Day of Pentecost, but continued in full tide almost to the end of the 1st century, and, even when it began to subside, it did so quite gradually.

  • Dr Lewis Mott has pointed out that "Round Tables" exist in many parts of Great Britain, the name being often associated with circular trenches, or rings of stones, which were demonstrably employed in connexion with the agricultural festivals held at Pentecost, Midsummer and Michaelmas.

  • It Always Precedes The Following New Year By 163 Days, Or 23 Weeks And 2 Days; And Pentecost Always Precedes The New Year By 113 Days, Or 16 Weeks And I Day.

  • Spirito are two paintings by Luca Signorelli, the "Crucifixion" and the "Day of Pentecost," originally intended for a processional banner.

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