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Pentecost/ˈpentikɒst/n. 1a Whit Sunday (基督教的)圣灵降临节 b a festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on Whit Sunday (圣灵降临节时的)圣灵降临庆典 2a the Jewish harvest festival, on the fiftieth day after the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:15 － 16) (犹太人的)五旬节(庆祝收获的节日，在逾越节次日起的第 50 日) b a synagogue ceremony on the anniversary of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai (纪念在西奈山授托拉圣经的)犹太教周年纪念典礼 [Old English pentecosten & Old French pentecoste, via ecclesiastical Latin pentecoste from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’] |