Dictionary

Pentecostal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/

Etymology

From Pentecost + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, or relating to Pentecost.
2. (not-comparable) Of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit.

Deriveds

Bapticostal · Holiness-Pentecostal · neo-Pentecostal · Pentecostally

Pentecostal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/

Etymology

From Pentecost + -al.

Meanings

1. A member of a Pentecostal church.
   • The Pentecostals had drowned them with their discotheque music, frenzied dancing and ecstatic prayer. 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 162:
2. (obsolete) An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.

Forms

Hypernyms

Protestant

Relateds

Pentecostalism · Pentecostalist

Translations (11)

fi helluntailainen (a member of a Pentecostal church) · de Pfingstlerin (a member of a Pentecostal church) · it pentecostale (a member of a Pentecostal church) · pl zielonoświątkowiec (a member of a Pentecostal church) · is hvítasunnumaður (a member of a Pentecostal church) · nb pinsevenn (a member of a Pentecostal church) · fi helluntalainen (a member of a Pentecostal church) · de Pfingstler (a member of a Pentecostal church) · fr pentecôtiste (a member of a Pentecostal church) · ga Cincíseach (a member of a Pentecostal church) · hi पिंतेकुस्ती (a member of a Pentecostal church)