Pentecostal

pentecostal English Etymology en :af Pentecost -al<id:adjectival suffix> + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/ en ɒstəl 4 Adjective - Of, or relating to Pentecost. Of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit. Derived terms en Bapticostal Holiness-Pentecostal neo-Pentecostal Pentecostally Noun A member of a Pentecostal church. en Protestant en 2014 Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kintu Oneworld Publications (2018) 162 The Pentecostals had drowned them with their discotheque music, frenzied dancing and ecstatic prayer. en obsolete An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.Orby Shipley (ed.), A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms, London: Rivingtons, 1872, p.355: “Pentecostals. Oblations offered at the mother church at the time of Pentecost. Also called Whitsun Farthings and Smoke Farthings.” Related terms en Pentecostalism en Pentecostalist Translations a member of a Pentecostal church Finnish: fi helluntailainen, colloquial fi helluntalainen French: fr pentecôtiste mf German: de Pfingstler m, de Pfingstlerin f Hindi: hi पिंतेकुस्ती m f Icelandic: is hvítasunnumaður m Irish: ga Cincíseach m Italian: it pentecostale m f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb pinsevenn Polish: pl zielonoświątkowiec m References Further reading Pentecostalism en Christianity People