Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pentecost

2 senses of pentecost

Sense 1
Pentecost, Whitsunday -- (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)
       => quarter day -- (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)

Sense 2
Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks -- ((Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments)
       => Jewish holy day -- (a religious holiday for Jews)