单词 | Pentecost |
释义 | Word Frequency Pentecost(ˈpɛntɪˌkɒst) noun 1. a Christian festival occurring on Whit Sunday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost on the apostles 2. Also called: Feast of Weeks, Shavuot Judaism the harvest festival celebrated fifty days after the second day of Passover on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan, and commemorating the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai Word origin Old English, from Church Latin pentēcostē, from Greek pentēkostē fiftieth |
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