Pentecost

noun
Pen*te*cost \ ˈpen-ti-ˌkȯst \ -ˌkäst \
before 12th century{ds||1||}
  • shavuot
  • a Christian feast on the seventh Sunday after Easter commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles —called also Whitsunday

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geographical name
Pen*te*cost \ ˈpen-ti-ˌkȯst \ -ˈkäst \
  • island of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific population 31,500

Shavuot

noun
Sha*vu*ot \ shə-ˈvü-ˌōt \ -ˌōth \ -ˌōs \ -əs \
1613
  • a Jewish holiday observed on the sixth of Sivan and by Orthodox and Conservative Jews in the Diaspora also on the seventh of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai —called also Pentecost
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