Pentecost

Etymology
From, from , from , ultimately from in reference to the number of days. Cognate with.

Proper noun

 * 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) * 1762, Voltaire, William Vade included in Works:
 * He spoke either Latin or Welsh; and the Sicambri spoke the antient Teutonic. Remi, in all appearance, renewed the miracle of the Pentecost: Et unusquisquis intendebat linguam suam, And each understood his own language.
 * 1) The Christian festival (also known as Whitsun or Whitsunday), which commemorates the day of Pentecost.
 * 2) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) * 1762, Voltaire, William Vade included in Works:
 * He spoke either Latin or Welsh; and the Sicambri spoke the antient Teutonic. Remi, in all appearance, renewed the miracle of the Pentecost: Et unusquisquis intendebat linguam suam, And each understood his own language.
 * 1) The Christian festival (also known as Whitsun or Whitsunday), which commemorates the day of Pentecost.
 * 2) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) The Christian festival (also known as Whitsun or Whitsunday), which commemorates the day of Pentecost.
 * 2) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.
 * 1) Pentecostal manifestation, such as in a church service.