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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • This position corresponds to the Jewish practice of reading the book at the feast of Pentecost; Spanish MSS., however, place it at the head of the Megilloth; and the Talmud (Baba Bathra, 14b) gives it the first place among all the Hagiographa.

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