PENTECOSTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pentecostal mean? 

• PENTECOSTAL (noun)
  The noun PENTECOSTAL has 1 sense:

1. any member of a Pentecostal religious body

  Familiarity information: PENTECOSTAL used as a noun is very rare.

• PENTECOSTAL (adjective)
  The adjective PENTECOSTAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members

2. of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost

  Familiarity information: PENTECOSTAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENTECOSTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of a Pentecostal religious body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pentecostal; Pentecostalist

Hypernyms ("Pentecostal" is a kind of...):

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Holonyms ("Pentecostal" is a member of...):

Pentecostal religion (any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples)

Derivation:

pentecostal (of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members)

• PENTECOSTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Pentecostal religion (any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples)

Derivation:

Pentecostal (any member of a Pentecostal religious body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)

Derivation:

Pentecost ((Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments)

Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland)