pentecost 音标拼音: [p'ɛntək
, ɔst]
n . 犹太人收; 祭
犹太人收; 祭
Pentecost n 1 :
seventh Sunday after Easter ;
commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles ;
a quarter day in Scotland [
synonym : {
Pentecost }, {
Whitsunday }]
2 : (
Judaism )
Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments [
synonym :
{
Shavous }, {
Shabuoth }, {
Shavuoth }, {
Shavuot }, {
Pentecost },
{
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 (
seven weeks )
after the second day of the Passover (
which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan ); --
hence called ,
also ,
the {
Feast of Weeks }.
At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made .
By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles ;
which occurred on the day of Pentecost ; --
called also {
Whitsunday }. --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Pentecost ":
Advent ,
Allhallowmas ,
Allhallows ,
Allhallowtide ,
Annunciation ,
Annunciation Day ,
Ascension Day ,
Ash Wednesday ,
Candlemas ,
Candlemas Day ,
Carnival ,
Christmas ,
Corpus Christi ,
Day of Atonement ,
Easter ,
Easter Monday ,
Easter Saturday ,
Easter Sunday ,
Eastertide ,
Ember days ,
Epiphany ,
Fast of Av ,
Feast of Tabernacles ,
Feast of Weeks ,
Good Friday ,
Halloween ,
Hallowmas ,
Hanukkah ,
High Holy Days ,
Holy Thursday ,
Holy Week ,
Lady Day ,
Lammas ,
Lammas Day ,
Lammastide ,
Lent ,
Lententide ,
Mardi Gras ,
Martinmas ,
Maundy Thursday ,
Michaelmas ,
Michaelmas Day ,
Michaelmastide ,
New Year ,
Ninth of Av ,
Palm Sunday ,
Pancake Day ,
Passion Week ,
Passover ,
Pesach ,
Purim ,
Quadragesima ,
Quadragesima Sunday ,
Rosh Hashanah ,
Septuagesima ,
Shabuoth ,
Shrove Tuesday ,
Simhath Torah ,
Sukkoth ,
Trinity Sunday ,
Twelfth -
day ,
Twelfth -
tide ,
Whit -
Tuesday ,
White Sunday ,
Whitmonday ,
Whitsun ,
Whitsunday ,
Whitsuntide ,
Whitweek ,
Yom Kippur Pentecost i .
e ., "
fiftieth ",
found only in the New Testament (
Acts 2 :
1 ;
20 :
16 ;
1 Cor .
16 :
8 ).
The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex .
23 :
16 as "
the feast of harvest ,"
and again in Ex .
34 :
22 as "
the day of the firstfruits " (
Num .
28 :
26 ).
From the sixteenth of the month of Nisan (
the second day of the Passover ),
seven complete weeks ,
i .
e .,
forty -
nine days ,
were to be reckoned ,
and this feast was held on the fiftieth day .
The manner in which it was to be kept is described in Lev .
23 :
15 -
19 ;
Num .
28 :
27 -
29 .
Besides the sacrifices prescribed for the occasion ,
every one was to bring to the Lord his "
tribute of a free -
will offering "
(
Deut .
16 :
9 -
11 ).
The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the completion of the grain harvest .
Its distinguishing feature was the offering of "
two leavened loaves "
made from the new corn of the completed harvest ,
which ,
with two lambs ,
were waved before the Lord as a thank offering .
The day of Pentecost is noted in the Christian Church as the day on which the Spirit descended upon the apostles ,
and on which ,
under Peter '
s preaching ,
so many thousands were converted in Jerusalem (
Acts 2 ).
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