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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Pen•te•cos•tal /ˌpɛntɪˈkɔstəl, -ˈkɑstəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival, or to Shavuoth, a Jewish holy day.
- Religionof or relating to any of various Christian groups, usually fundamentalist, that emphasize the activity of the Holy Spirit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pen•te•cos•tal (pen′ti kô′stəl, -stl, -kos′təl, -tl-),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof or pertaining to Pentecost.
- Religionnoting or pertaining to any of various Christian groups, usually fundamentalist, that emphasize the activity of the Holy Spirit, stress holiness of living, and express their religious feelings uninhibitedly, as by speaking in tongues.
n. - ReligionAlso called Pen′te•cos′tal•ist. a member of any Pentecostal denomination.
- Late Latin pentēcostālis. See Pentecost, -al1
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Pentecostal /ˌpɛntɪˈkɒstəl/ adj - (usually prenominal) of or relating to any of various Christian groups that emphasize the charismatic aspects of Christianity and adopt a fundamental attitude to the Bible
- of or relating to Pentecost or the influence of the Holy Ghost
n - a member of a Pentecostal Church
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