Synonyms of Pentecost

Synonyms and similar words for Pentecost

Meaning of Pentecost

1. proper noun Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai”).
2. proper noun A festival which falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter which commemorates the event described in Acts 2 of the Bible when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles during the Jewish festival of Pentecost (proper noun sense 1), conferring on them the miraculous ability to explain the gospel in languages they did not know; also, the Sunday on which the festival is celebrated.
3. proper noun In full day of Pentecost or Pentecost day: the day on which the event commemorated by the festival (proper noun sense 2) occurred; also, the event itself.

Full definition of Pentecost

Pentecost in other languages

• Pentecost in Hindi
• Pentecost in Tamil
• Pentecost in Malayalam
• Pentecost in Tagalog

Questions about synonyms of Pentecost

What is another word for Pentecost?

Pentecost has 8 synonyms on Word.ws, such as Shavuot, Feast of Weeks, Shavuos, Whit, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whit Sunday and Whitsuntide.

What does Pentecost mean?

Pentecost means synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai”).