Pentecosten
See also: pentecosten
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛn.teːˈkɔs.teːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pen̪.t̪eˈkɔs.t̪en]
Proper noun
Pentēcostēn
- accusative singular of Pentēcostē
Middle English
Proper noun
Pentecosten
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of Pentecoste
Old English
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin pentēcostē, ultimately from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpen.te.kos.ten/
Proper noun
Pentecosten m
- Pentecost
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5
- Ðis sċeal on Wōdnesdæġ, on ðǣre syxtēoðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Frīḡedæġ innan ðǣre ċȳswucan
- This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5