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Traditional English :: Pentecost
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penteble.html - n. 1 a Whit Sunday. b a festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on Whit Sunday. 2 a the Jewish harvest festival, on the fiftieth day after the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:15-16). b a synagogue ceremony on the anniversary of the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. [OE pentecosten & OF pentecoste, f. eccl.L pentecoste f. Gk pentekoste (hemera) fiftieth (day)] |
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Traditional English :: Pentecostal
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penteble.html - adj. & n. --adj. (also pentecostal)
1 of or relating to Pentecost.
2 of or designating Christian sects and individuals who emphasize the gifts of the Holy Spirit, are often fundamentalist in outlook, and express religious feelings by clapping, shouting, dancing, etc. --n. Pentecostalism n. Pentecostalist adj. & n. |
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Traditional English :: pent
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penteble.html - adj. (often foll. by in, up) closely confined; shut in (pent up feelings). [past part. of pend var. of PEN(2) v.] |
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Traditional English :: pent-roof
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penteble.html - n.
a roof sloping in one direction only. [PENTHOUSE + ROOF] |
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Traditional English :: penta-
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penteble.html - comb. form 1 five. 2 Chem. (forming the names of compounds) containing five atoms or groups of a specified kind (pentachloride; pentoxide). [Gk f. pente five] |
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Traditional English :: pentachord
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penteble.html - n.
1 a musical instrument with five strings.
2 a series of five musical notes. |
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