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Pentecosten
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pentecosten
Latin
Pronunciation
Pentēcostēn
Proper noun
la proper noun form Pentēcostēn
la Pentēcostē acc s
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Early ME enm Pentecoste
Old English
Etymology
From ang la-ecc pentēcostē, ultimately from ang grc πεντηκοστή fiftieth.
Pronunciation
Pentecosten
Proper noun
Pentecosten m
Pentecost
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5
ang Ðis sċeal on Wōdnesdæġ, on ðǣre syxtēoðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Frīḡedæġ innan ðǣre ċȳswucan This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.
ang Christianity Holidays