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Pentecost

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.

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Pentecostal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pentecostal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

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Whitsun 70% connected

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.

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Whitsuntide 70% connected

The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.

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Whitsunday 92% connected

The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pen…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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