Pentecost

Significado

1. The Jewish festival of Shavuot.
2. The particular day of Pentecost, which in Christian teaching is said to have occurred fifty days (inclusive) after the resurrection of Jesus on the Day of First Fruits, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles with miraculous effects including the ability to explain the Gospel intelligibly in languages they did not know; or a similar occasion since.
3. The Christian festival (also known as Whitsun or Whitsunday), which commemorates the day of Pentecost.
4. Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
5. A surname.

Con guión como

Pen‧te‧cost

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɛntɪkɔst/

Etimología

From Middle English Pentecoste, from Old English pentecosten, from Ecclesiastical Latin pentēcostē, ultimately from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth”) in reference to the number of days. Cognate with pentecoster.

Oraciones

The feast ending Pentecost was dedicated to Saint Roch .

La fiesta que finalizó Pentecostés se dedicó a Saint Roch.