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Abstract strategy board game
Pente is an abstract strategy board game for two or more players, created in 1977 by Gary Gabrel. A member of the m,n,k game family, Pente stands out for
Pente
Settlement in the Preveza regional unit, Greece
Pente Pigadia (Greek: Πέντε Πηγάδια, or "Five Wells"; before 1971: Μπρίγκα - Brigka) is a settlement in the municipal unit of Filippiada in municipality
Pente_Pigadia
Topics referred to by the same term
Battle of Pente Pigadia can refer to: Battle of Pente Pigadia (1821), a battle of the Greek War of Independence Battle of Pente Pigadia (1897), a battle
Battle of Pente Pigadia (disambiguation)
Battle_of_Pente_Pigadia_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Rura Penthe is the name of a fictional penal colony in the following works: A penal colony island in the 1954 Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Rura_Penthe
1912 battle of the First Balkan War
The Battle of Pente Pigadia or Battle of Beshpinar (Greek: Μάχη των Πέντε Πηγαδιών; Turkish: Beşpınar Muharebesi), took place on 22–30 October (O.S.)
Battle_of_Pente_Pigadia
Shape with five sides
In geometry, a pentagon (from Greek πέντε (pente) 'five' and γωνία (gonia) 'angle') is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles
Pentagon
Village in Central Macedonia, Greece
Pente Vryses (Greek: Πέντε Βρύσες, before 1926: Χατζή Μαχαλέ Chatzi Machale) is a village in the municipality of Lagkadas in Central Macedonia, Greece
Pente_Vryses
1987 French film
L'été en pente douce (Summer on a gentle slope) is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released
L'été_en_pente_douce
Five-pointed star polygon
pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), from πέντε (pente), "five" + γραμμή (grammē), "line". The word pentagram refers to just the
Pentagram
Comb War was a protest that started in 8 December 1959 in the city of Curitiba
army who reestablished order and imposed a curfew. Libaneses na "Guerra do Pente" em Curitiba - Sofrimento étnico e integração cultural Aventuras Na Historia
1959_Curitiba_riots
Ancient Greek board game
Five Lines (Greek: πέντε γραμμαί, romanized: pente grammai) is the modern name of an ancient Greek tables game. Two players each move five counters on
Five_Lines
A water slope (French: Pente d'eau) is a type of canal inclined plane built to carry boats from a canal or river at one elevation up or down to a canal
Water_slope
2005 Greek TV series or program
Sto Para Pente (Greek: Στο παρά 5; English: In the Nick of Time) is a popular Greek comedy-drama television series which was broadcast on Mega Channel
Sto_Para_Pente
Abstract strategy board game
July 2021. "Rules of Pente, Keryo-Pente and Ninuki". Renju. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-22. "Pente". www.mindsports.nl
Gomoku
American rock band
Capitol) (Modern Rock Tracks #19) Review site of the main albums Danna Pentes' site All Music review All Music review Video of Andy Kershaw's 'Return
Fetchin_Bones
Abstract board game for two players
Connect6 Gomoku Harary's generalized tictactoe Kaplansky's game nd game Pente Qubic Score Four J. W. H. M. Uiterwijk and H. J van der Herik, The advantage
M,n,k-game
Greek screenwriter and actor
(Σαββατογεννημένες, Savvatogennimenes), In the nick of time (Στο παρά 5, Sto Para Pente) and Greek national (Εθνική Ελλάδος, Ethniki Ellados). He has won three
Giorgos_Kapoutzidis
Name of Protestant denomination in Ethiopia and Eritrea
P'ent'ay (from Geʽez: ጴንጤ P̣enṭe) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians. Today, the term refers to all Evangelical
P'ent'ay
Combined sporting event of five contests
featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (Greek: πένταθλον). The first pentathlon
Pentathlon
Greek actress
came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente and later the TV series Fila ton vatraho sou (Frog or not) co-starring with
Smaragda_Karydi
Greek actor
Englimata and To Deka. He has won a Greek State Film Award for the film Pente Lepta Akoma and one television award for the TV Series To Deka. He has also
Vassilis Charalampopoulos (actor)
Vassilis_Charalampopoulos_(actor)
Commercial card game
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Authors_(card_game)
This multi-page article lists pharmaceutical drugs alphabetically by name. Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed
List_of_drugs:_Pb–Pe
Variant of tic-tac-toe game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Ultimate_tic-tac-toe
Greek actress (1931–2013)
Savvatogennimenes Kapoutzidis. the big success came in 2006 with the series "Sto Para Pente". She was hospitalized at Evangelismos General Hospital with heart problems
Irene_Koumarianou
Form of folding altarpiece
technical terms are derived from Ancient Greek: τρίς: trís or "triple"; πέντε: pénte or "five"; πολύς: polýs or "many"; and πτυχή: ptychē or "fold, layer". There
Winged_altarpiece
A pentagraph (from the Greek: πέντε, pénte, "five" and γράφω, gráphō, "write") is a sequence of five letters used to represent a single sound (phoneme)
Pentagraph
Angle to the horizontal plane
sont: les mètres par kilomètres (m/km) = millimètres par mètres (mm/m) = pente x 1000. ZEMBA, Baowendzooda Joël (July 2015). "ETUDE D'AVANT-PROJET DETAILLE
Grade_(slope)
French author and filmmaker
old neighbourhood in Lyon. The neighbourhood was hilly; "pente" is French for hill. (Des pentes means 'from the hills') She had chosen the pen name so that
Virginie_Despentes
1914–1918 global conflict
revolt of 1912 Balkan League First Balkan War Battles Sarantaporo Kardzhali Pente Pigadia Sorovich Kumanovo Kirk Kilisse Scutari Lule Burgas Yenidje Adrianople
World_War_I
American toy and game manufacturer
Mansion of Happiness Merlin Monopoly Ouija Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Pente Ping Pong Probe Quicksand (1989): Each player controls one of four explorers
Parker_Brothers
Kirk Kelesse 24 October Bulgarians defeat Ottomans in Thrace Battle of Pente Pigadia 24–30 October Greeks defeat Ottomans in seven-day battle near Bizani
List_of_battles_1901–2000
Specialty card game designed in 1906
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Touring_(card_game)
Ancient Greek and medieval name for the interval of a fifth
Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1950, p. 227: "Diapente [Gr. pente, five]. Ancient Greek and medieval name for the fifth. Epidiapente, fifth
Epidiapente
Conflict over the status of Crete
forced to withdraw and reorganise around Pente Pigadia. Five days later Col. Thrasyvoulos Manos captured Pente Pigadia, but the Greek advance was halted
Greco-Turkish_War_(1897)
Ellinika Market Supermarket Diamandis Masoutis Galaxias 136 Supermarket Pente SA Kritikos 160 Supermarket Diamandis Masoutis Koutelieris 7 Supermarket
List of supermarket chains in Greece
List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Greece
first to get n-in-a-row, including three men's morris, nine men's morris, pente, gomoku, Qubic, Connect Four, Quarto, Gobblet, Order and Chaos, Toss Across
Tic-tac-toe_variants
French cartoonist (1940–2025)
Danish (published by Runepress), and Greek (in the magazines Vavel and Para Pente). Initially working for the advertising industry in Egypt, he moved to France
Édika
Educational game about quantum mechanics
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Quantum_tic-tac-toe
Original, phonetic transcription Poetic translation Saránta pénte mástori — ki' eksínda mathitádes Yofírin ethemélionan — stis Ártas to potámi. Olimerís
Political_verse
Supermarket chain in Greece
supermarket chain in Greece, established in 1982. Its corporate name is PENTE SA and it is headquartered in Athens. As of 2012, Galaxias has 132 stores
Galaxias_(supermarkets)
Unit for parts per thousand
sont : les mètres par kilomètres (m/km) = millimètres par mètres (mm/m) = pente x 1000. "Five per thousand—how does it work and how is it calculated?".
Per_mille
Game of strategy and skill
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Tiddlywinks
Town in Lower Saxony, Germany
Hesepe Kalkriese – site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Lappenstuhl Pente Schleptrup Sögeln Ueffeln The mayor of Bramsche is Heiner Pahlmann (SPD)
Bramsche
Arrangement of digits on hands and feet
with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous." Pentadactyly (from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), meaning "five") is the condition of having five digits on each limb. It
Dactyly
Board game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Teeko
Pen and paper game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Notakto
Geometric shape formed from five squares
American. Golomb coined the term "pentomino" from the Ancient Greek πέντε / pénte, "five", and the -omino of domino, fancifully interpreting the "d-" of "domino"
Pentomino
Traditional board game
Federation World Championships in Renju Meijin (renju) RIF rating list Pente Connect6 Go (board game) Game complexity "The International Rules of Renju"
Renju
Greek songwriter
fengariou tin agalaki", "Me mia agalaki tradiou", "Kati gentiena", "Stous pente anemous", "Giaiti kirki kirki", "Treis i ora", "Th eksetas", "Ti sou chrostao"
Ifigeneia_Giannopoulou
Topics referred to by the same term
abstract strategy board game designed by Steve Baldwin which is similar to Pente Megido, a predecessor project to Lazarus, an implementation of the programming
Megiddo
Aviation accident
29 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2025. "Les sauveteurs ont atteint les pentes du mont Renoso sur lesquelles s'est écrasé l'avion Bastia-Nice. Il n'y a
1962 Air Nautic Boeing 307 crash
1962_Air_Nautic_Boeing_307_crash
Italian Camorrista and Di Lauro clan member
(in Italian). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019. "Camorra, si pente il braccio destro di Marco Di Lauro: «Telefonini in stile walkie-talkie
Marco_Di_Lauro
Flat board for communicating with spirits
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Ouija
Fundamental combinatorial result of Ramsey theory
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Hales–Jewett_theorem
French actress
1987: Sale temps (Short, directed by Alain Pigeaux) - Rachel 1987: L'été en pente douce (directed by Gérard Krawczyk) - Lilas 1987: Keep Up Your Right (directed
Pauline_Lafont
Board game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Score_four
American game publisher
puzzles marketed as "Decipher," subsequently marketing party games and Pente sets. After 1994, Decipher produced collectible card and role-playing games
Decipher,_Inc.
Dialect of Greek in the ancient world
στρατηγὸς strateːɡòs τῶν toːn ἐκ ek τῆς teːs συνκλήτου syŋkléːtuː [π]έντε pénte ἀποτάξῃ apotáksiː, οἳ hoi ἂν an αὐτῷ autoːi ἐκ ek τῶν toːn δημοσίων deːmosíoːn
Koine_Greek
Board game
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Trivial_Pursuit
Attached unit on the top floor of a building
16th-century folk etymology that combines the Middle French word for "slope" (pente) with the English noun house (the meaning at that time was "attached building
Penthouse_apartment
Game which may tie when both players play optimally
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Futile_game
Mathematical game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Harary's generalized tic-tac-toe
Harary's_generalized_tic-tac-toe
1975 board game by Parker Brothers
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Gambler_(board_game)
Board game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Pentago
Traditional folk dance of the island of Crete
trademark folk dance of the island of Crete. It takes its name from the five (pente) attempt or step (ζάλος zalos being a Cretan Greek word for "step"). It
Pentozali
Parlor game or board game introduced in the 1960s
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Probe_(parlor_game)
Game defined by mathematical parameters
Domineering Dots and boxes Go Go variants Gomoku Hex Hexapawn L game Othello Pente Philosopher's football Rhythmomachy Tak Tic-tac-toe Tic-tac-toe variants
Mathematical_game
American producer of toy trucks
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Tonka
Generalization of the game Tic-tac-toe to higher dimensions
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Nd_game
Ancient Greek athletic contest
Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek, combining the words pente (five) and athlon (competition). Five events were contested over one day
Ancient_Olympic_pentathlon
Municipal arrondissement in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
the two rivers in Lyon. This zone is served by the metro lines and . Les pentes (the slopes Croix-Rousse, which were situated in the Franc-Lyonnais, are
1st_arrondissement_of_Lyon
Human settlement in Melito di Porto Salvo, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Italy
shapes once resembled that of five fingers (whence the name, from the Greek pente + daktylos , meaning "five fingers"). Pentedattilo is another ex-Greek speaking
Pentedattilo
Game only requiring writing
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Paper-and-pencil_game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
SOS_(paper-and-pencil_game)
Names of numbers in Latin
number quīnque ‘five’, with its cognates Old Irish coíc ‘five’, Greek πέντε pénte ‘five’, Sanskrit पञ्च pañca ‘five’, leads back to Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe;
Latin_numerals
Irish novelist
and of her gay son who moves to Dublin. The French translation, Mauvaise Pente, was published in 2001. It won the Prix Femina Étranger and the Prix du
Keith_Ridgway
"Alain Hubert raconte la mort de l'alpiniste Pascal Debrouwer sur les pentes du toit du monde" [Alain Hubert recounts the death of climber Pascal Debrouwer
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
Proposed language family of Brazil
viː wese casa house pi ataj rede net api apiʃara flecha arrow awɨ apoahaj pente comb parata isowe esteira mat kɨnũ pahoese panela pan wata waaj paus para
Mura-Matanawi_languages
Mathematical game
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Number_Scrabble
Neochori Pagkrates Palaiochori Palaiokklisi Palampas Paramythia Parapotamos Pente Ekklisies Perdika Petousi Petrovitsa Pigadoulia Plaisio Plakoti Platanos
List of settlements in Thesprotia
List_of_settlements_in_Thesprotia
Municipal unit in Greece
klephts). Anogeio is located in the high ground above the strategic pass of Pente Pigadia, on the road linking Ioannina with Preveza and southern Epirus.
Anogeio
Handheld audio game
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Bop_It
Abstract strategy board game
Game complexity Go equipment List of Taiwanese inventions and discoveries Pente Renju Teeko Kung, H.T.; Robinson, John T. (June 1981). "On optimistic methods
Connect6
Strategy board game for two players
tic-tac-toe Gomoku Notakto Treblecross Number Scrabble Order and Chaos Pente Quantum tic-tac-toe Renju SOS Ultimate tic-tac-toe Wild tic-tac-toe Related
Achi_(game)
Indo-Aryan language
Indo-European languages' words for five, like Sanskrit pañca (पञ्च), Greek pénte (πέντε) and Lithuanian penki, but also English five; āb is cognate with
Punjabi_language
Family of ray-finned fishes
species occur in low densities at shallower depths. Their name, from Greek pente meaning "five" and keras meaning "horn", refers to the prominent, sharp
Pentacerotidae
Prefix derived from numerals or other numbers
chaturdasha- 15 quinquadec-, quindec- quinden- quindecim- quintadecim- pente(kai)deca-, decapente- penta(kai)decakis-, decapentakis- etc. decatopempto-
Numeral_prefix
French author
Minuit, 1957. Maréchal P..., Editeurs Français Réunis, 1958. La Plus Grande Pente, Julliard, 1961. Mon procès, Editions de Minuit, 1961. Préface within The
Georges_Arnaud
and nine men's morris (ancient) Nine holes (traditional) Pentago (2005) Pente, a slight simplification of Ninuki-renju (1977) Picaria (traditional) Shax
List of abstract strategy games
List_of_abstract_strategy_games
Symbolic tomb memorializing unidentified fallen Greek soldiers
Sorovich, Yenidje, Thessaloniki, Ostrovon and Korytsa, Pesta, Gribovo, Pente Pigadia, Preveza, Aetorrachi, Manoliassa, Bizani, Driskos, Kilkis–Lachanas
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)
Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Athens)
1912 battle of the First Balkan War
revolt of 1912 Balkan League First Balkan War Battles Sarantaporo Kardzhali Pente Pigadia Sorovich Kumanovo Kirk Kilisse Scutari Lule Burgas Yenidje Adrianople
Battle_of_Lule_Burgas
Card game
point win as well. If this happens, it is said that the losing team got a pente in portuguese or comb, as a reference to one of the ways used to keep score
Sueca_(card_game)
Game of physical and mental skill
Authors Cluedo Gambler Jack Strauss Mansion of Happiness Monopoly Ouija Pente Probe Risk Scrabble1 Sorry! Tiddlywinks Touring Trivial Pursuit Electronic
Pick-up_sticks
Roman model of church organization
Pentarchy (from Ancient Greek Πενταρχία (Pentarchía), from πέντε (pénte) 'five' and ἄρχειν (archein) 'to rule') was a model of Church organization formulated
Pentarchy
Colombian drug trafficker (born 1963)
Radio. August 7, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. "PF faz 'pente-fino' em casa de traficante em condomínio de luxo". TV Globo. August 7,
Juan_Carlos_Ramírez_Abadía
Greek actor (1966–2025)
[Gerasimos Michelis: Unrecognizable 19 years later, the "villain" of Para Pente – The gray beard & the distance]. Gossip-tv.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-07-15
Gerasimos_Michelis
Mountain range in northern Greece
The Vermio Mountains are the site of ski resorts such as Seli and Tria Pente Pigadia. It was mentioned in antiquity by Pliny, Strabo, Stephen of Byzantium
Vermio_Mountains
1959 Canadian TV series or program
The Town Above (French: En haut de la pente douce) is a Canadian drama television series which was produced in French and English. It was broadcast on
The_Town_Above
1913 unrecognised state in Southeast Europe
revolt of 1912 Balkan League First Balkan War Battles Sarantaporo Kardzhali Pente Pigadia Sorovich Kumanovo Kirk Kilisse Scutari Lule Burgas Yenidje Adrianople
Provisional Government of Western Thrace
Provisional_Government_of_Western_Thrace
PENTE
PENTE
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.
PENTE
PENTE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful Eyes
Female
Polish
Feminine form of Polish Benedykt, BENEDYKTA means "blessed."
Girl/Female
Arabic
Lady
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a reduced form of Witherow.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Name of a sage
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Teutonic
Bearlike; Elf Ruler; Ruler of the Elves
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ravinandan | ரவிநஂதநÂ
Karna
Surname or Lastname
Swedish
Swedish : ornamental name composed of the elements lind ‘lime tree’ + -ell, a common suffix of Swedish surnames, from the Latin adjectival suffix -elius.English : habitational name from Lindal, Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire) or Lindale, also in Cumbria; both are named from Old Norse lind ‘lime tree’ + dalr ‘valley’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Reflection of light
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Guðleifr, GUÃLEIFUR means "divine heir."
PENTE
PENTE
PENTE
PENTE
PENTE
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 troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
a.
Alt. of Pentelican
n.
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
a.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
n.
See Penteconter.
pl.
of Pentecosty
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.
A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
a.
Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.
n.
Same as Amylene.
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.
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
n. pl.
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.