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PENTECOST
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone who was born at Whitsuntide or had some particular connection with that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then. The name is from Middle English, Old French pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’, i.e. the fiftieth day after Easter.
Biblical
fifty count or the counting of fifty days
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fiftieth.
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Boy/Male
Indian
Gentleness
Girl/Female
Indian
Intelligent
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Marathi
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Arabic
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hiranmayee | ஹீராநà¯à®®à®¾à®¯à¯€
Golden girl, Deer-like, Golden
Girl/Female
Muslim
Famous, Good, Pious
Boy/Male
English
Woman from Magdala.
Girl/Female
British, English
Soft Sense
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Superior, Fame
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
God of Preserver
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n.
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.
n.
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
n.
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.
n.
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
n.
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
n.
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
pl.
of Pentecosty
n. pl.
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
a.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.