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PENTECOST
Biblical
fifty count or the counting of fifty days
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fiftieth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone who was born at Whitsuntide or had some particular connection with that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then. The name is from Middle English, Old French pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’, i.e. the fiftieth day after Easter.
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the mind, God of mind
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Devotee of Fire
Boy/Male
Sikh
Guru light
Girl/Female
Tamil
Honeybee, Nectar
Boy/Male
Australian, Spanish
Strong Gift; Gift of Isis
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lalitesh | லாலீதேஷ
God of beauty, God of beauty, Husband of a beautiful wife
Girl/Female
Tamil
Brundha | பரஂதா, பரஂதாÂ
God name
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Koger.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Pleasureable
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n. pl.
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
pl.
of Pentecosty
n.
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
n.
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
a.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
n.
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
n.
A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.
n.
A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
n.
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.