| NOUN | time | Pentecost, Whitsunday | seventh Sunday after Easter |
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| time | Pentecost, Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Feast of Weeks | (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments |
| Sounds | peh'ntahkao.st | |
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| Rhymes | accost ... lost: 12 rhymes with aost... | |
| Meaning | Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland. | |
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| Synonym | Whitsunday | |
| Part of | Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek | Christian holiday |
| Broader | quarter day | A Christian holy day |
| Spanish | Pentecostés | |
| Catalan | Pentecosta | |
| Adjectives | pentecostal | of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost |
| Meaning | (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments. | |
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| Synonyms | Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Feast of Weeks | |
| Category | Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
| Broader | Jewish holy day | A religious holiday for Jews |
| Spanish | Pentecosta, Pentecostés | |
| Catalan | Pentecosta | |
| Adjectives | pentecostal | of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost |
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