pentecost

Noun
  1. Seventh Sunday after Easter;
    Commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles;
    A quarter day in Scotland (synset 115267020)
    is a type of: quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
    is a part of: whitsun, whitsuntide, whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
    same as: whitsunday
  2. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments (synset 115221877)
    referred to in: judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
    is a type of: jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews
    same as: feast of weeks, shabuoth, shavous, shavuot, shavuoth

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