Pentecostal

English edit

Etymology edit

Pentecost +‎ -al

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Adjective edit

Pentecostal (not comparable)

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

Noun edit

Pentecostal (plural Pentecostals)

A member of a Pentecostal church.
Hypernym: Protestant
(obsolete) An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.^[1]

Related terms edit

Translations edit

a member of a Pentecostal church

Finnish: helluntailainen (fi), (colloquial) helluntalainen (fi)
French: pentecôtiste (fr) m or f
German: Pfingstler m, Pfingstlerin f
Icelandic: hvítasunnumaður m
Italian: pentecostale (it) m or f
Norwegian: pinsevenn
Polish: zielonoświątkowiec (pl) m

References edit

^ 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.”^[1]

Further reading edit

Pentecostalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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