Pentecost \(Jewish Feast\)

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• Pentecost (Jewish Feast) —     Pentecost (Jewish Feast)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pentecost (Jewish Feast)     The second in importance of the great Jewish feasts.     The term, adopted from the Greek speaking Jews (Tob. 2:1; II Mac. 12:32; Josephus, Ant. , III, x, 6;… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pentecost — • A feast which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pentecost     Pentecost ( …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pentecost — /pen ti kawst , kost /, n. 1. a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday. 2. Shavuoth. [bef. 1000; ME pentecoste, OE pentecosten < LL pentecoste …   Universalium

• Pentecost —    This word (from the Greek pentekoste hemera, meaning fiftieth day ) was originally the hellenistic term for the Jewish feast of Weeks. For Christians, Pentecost, which is celebrated seven weeks after Easter, commemorates the descent of the… …   Glossary of theological terms

• PENTECOST —    the JEWISH Feast of Weeks which fell fifty days after the Feast of PASSOVER. In CHRISTIANITY it marks the giving of the HOLY SPIRIT to the CHURCH as recorded in Acts 2 …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• Pentecost —    Ten days after the Ascension of Christ, the apostles gathered for Shavout, a Jewish feast celebrated 50 days after Passover. Suddenly, they heard a noise and tongues of flame descended upon them. As each was filled by the Holy Spirit, they… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Jewish services — (Hebrew: תפלה, tefillah ; plural תפלות, tefillos or tefillot ; Yinglish: davening) are the prayer recitations which form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur , the… …   Wikipedia

• Feast of Weeks — Pentecost Pen te*cost, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. ? fiftieth, fr. ? fifty, fr. ? five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pentecost — Pen te*cost, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. ? fiftieth, fr. ? fifty, fr. ? five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pentecost — O.E. Pentecosten Christian festival on seventh Sunday after Easter, from L.L. pentecoste, from Gk. pentekoste hemera fiftieth day, fem. of pentekostos, from pentekonta fifty, from pente five (see FIVE (Cf. five)). The Hellenic name for the Old… …   Etymology dictionary