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Webster 1913 Edition


Pentecostal

Penˊte-cos′tal

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pentecostal

PEN'TECOSTAL

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Adj.
Pertaining to Whitsuntide.

Definition 2024


Pentecostal

Pentecostal

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Adjective

Pentecostal (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to Pentecost
  2. of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit

Noun

Pentecostal (plural Pentecostals)

  1. A member of a Pentecostal church.
  2. (obsolete) An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

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