Pentecostal

Pentecostal

English

Etymology

Pentecost +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Adjective

Pentecostal (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Pentecost.
2. Of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit.

Noun

Pentecostal (plural Pentecostals)

1. A member of a Pentecostal church.
2. (obsolete) An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.[1]

Hypernyms

• Protestant

Translations

a member of a Pentecostal church

Finnish: helluntailainen (fi), (colloquial, somewhat derogatory) helluntalainen (fi) French: pentecôtiste (fr)

Norwegian: pinsevenn

Related terms

• Pentecostalism
• Pentecostalist

References

1. Orby Shipley (ed.), A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms, London: Rivingtons, 1872, p. 355: “Pentecostals. Oblations offered at the mother church at the time of Pentecost. Also called Whitsun Farthings and Smoke Farthings.”