| 单词 | pentecost day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPentecost day Pentecost day n. [compare post-classical Latin dies pentecostes (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς (New Testament)] †(a) each of the fifty days between the Passover and the Jewish festival of Pentecost; (b) the day celebrated in the Christian festival of Pentecost. ΚΠ OE Benedictine Office (Junius) (1957) 95 And eft his æriste on Pentecostenes dæg com se halga gast on underntiman ofer ða apostolas þær hi ætgædere gesamnode wæron.] c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 1 Whanne the dayes Pentecostes [v.rr. Pentecostes dayes, dayes of Pentecostes, Pentecost dayes; a1425 L.V. daies of Pentecost], that is, fyfti, weren fulfillid, alle disciplis weren to gidere in the same place. c1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) ii. 248 (MED) God xulde illumynyn hir sowle, as he dede hys apostelys on Pentecost Day. 1663 G. Primrose tr. D. Primrose Treat. Sabbath & Lords-day (ed. 2) IV. 227 Neither doth the sending of the Holy Ghost upon the Disciples and Apostles assembled on Pentecost day evince a divine institution of the Lords day. 1890 Catholic World May 365 We go back to those blessed Nine Days that elapsed between the ascent of our Lord into heaven and the descent of the Holy Ghost on pentecost day. 2002 Africa News (Nexis) Nov. 10 The Church was founded on Pentecost Day. < as lemmas |
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