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# pentecost

«pentecost» in Mova's school dictionary: **the Christian feast that remembers the Holy Spirit coming…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Pentecost — proper noun, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Pentecost is the Christian feast that remembers the Holy Spirit coming to Jesus' disciples, fifty days after Easter; Christians see it as the birthday of the Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#m1)

2) (Judaism) Pentecost is also the Greek name for Shavuot, the Jewish harvest festival when the giving of the Law (Torah) is remembered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In Bible lessons the story of Pentecost tells of a sound like a strong wind and flames like tongues of fire on the disciples' heads; they began speaking in other languages, and crowds from many lands understood. In the UK Pentecost is also called Whitsun (Whit Sunday), and red is the church colour. Phrases: at Pentecost, the day of Pentecost, Pentecost Sunday.

### examples

- At Pentecost our church was decorated in red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x1)
- The disciples spoke in many languages on the day of Pentecost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x2)
- Pentecost comes fifty days after Easter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x3)
- We made paper flames for the Pentecost service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x4)
- Peter preached to a huge crowd at Pentecost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x5)
- In England some people call Pentecost Whitsun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/#x6)

### note

Capital P. The word comes from Greek for "fiftieth". The Pentecostal churches take their name from it. Do not confuse with Pentagon (a five-sided shape) — both have "pent" meaning five.

### In the corpora

- [Christians see Pentecost, when Jesus' followers were understood in many languages, as the reversal of Babel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/19/)
- [Christians call Pentecost the birthday of the Church.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/16/)
- [The first Pentecost happened during a Jewish harvest feast, Shavuot, held fifty days after Passover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/17/)
- [Pentecostal churches are named after Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came on the first disciples.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/8/)
- [Paul became a follower of Jesus on the road to Damascus after Pentecost, and wrote letters to the young churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pentecost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pentecost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.