pentecostal

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Synonyms: pentacostal, pentecosty, pentecost, pentecostals, pentecoster, pentecosts, pentecostys

Antonyms: pentacostal, pentecosty, pentecost, pentecostals, pentecoster, pentecosts, pentecostys

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Adjective

1. Of, or relating to [[Pentecost]].
2. Of, or relating to a [[Christian]] [[religious]] [[movement]] that [[emphasizes]] the [[Holy Spirit]].

Noun

1. A member of a Pentecostal church.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[offering]] formerly made to the [[parish]] [[priest]], or to the [[mother church]], at Pentecost.<ref>Orby Shipley (ed.), ''A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms'', London: Rivingtons, 1872, p.{{nbsp}}355: “Pentecostals. Oblations offered at the mother church at the time of Pentecost. Also called ''Whitsun Farthings'' and ''Smoke Farthings''.”^{[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005780024]}</ref>

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