1. pentecost - Noun
2. Pentecost - Proper noun
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.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe are not as we were. Death has been our pentecost. Dana Gioia
One Pentecost at dawn I had a vision. Hadewijch
According to Pentecostal theology, the language spoken (1) may be an unlearned human language, such as the Bible claims happened on the Day of Pentecost, or (2) it might be of heavenly ( angelic ) origin. Source: Internet
A depiction of the Trinity consisting of God the Holy Spirit along with God the Father and God the Son Pentecost icon depicting the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary in the form of tongues of flame above their heads. Source: Internet
Above all, Pentecost is a day for the Confirmation celebrations of young people. Source: Internet
At Pentecost the Apostle Peter declared that this gift, which was making some in the audience ridicule the disciples as drunks, was the fulfilment of the prophecy of Joel which described that God would pour out his Spirit on all flesh (Acts 2:17). Source: Internet