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Pentecost (oh)



[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Late Latin; Origin: pentecoste, from Greek, 'fiftieth day', from pentekostos 'fiftieth']
also Whitsun BrE
the seventh Sunday after Easter, when Christians celebrate the appearance of the Holy Spirit to the apostles
a Jewish religious holiday 50 days after Passover