Pentecostal
of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
noting or relating to any of various Christian groups, usually fundamentalist, that emphasize the activity of the Holy Spirit, stress holiness of living, and express their religious feelings uninhibitedly, as by speaking in tongues.
Also called Pen·te·cos·tal·ist . a member of any Pentecostal denomination.
Origin of Pentecostal
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How to use Pentecostal in a sentence
They’d both grown up in the Pentecostal church and didn’t want me to have that limiting experience.
‘Yours Forever, Lincoln’ isn’t just for opera buffs | Patrick Folliard | October 13, 2022 | Washington BladeWhen we first encountered Shonka, she was singing with other gospel singers on tracks we would use in the movie to create the Pentecostal tent revival sequences.
Baz Luhrmann Pays Tribute to Elvis Actor Shonka Dukureh: ‘An Authentically Spiritual Person’ | Baz Luhrmann | July 27, 2022 | TimeHis father was a Pentecostal minister, and so was his mother.
Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia | Tayari Jones | June 23, 2022 | TImeIs the Pentecostal Jim Casy a stand-in for another martyred J.C.?
From those he married, he demanded a superhuman innocence, in accordance with the Pentecostal teachings of the Assembly of God.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis | Richard Ben Cramer | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Mormonism, as an old friend raised in the faith told me, combines “a Pentecostal theology with an Episcopalian mentality.”
Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coalition of Elites Has Thrived | Joel Kotkin | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCertainly, there are overlaps between the traditions—Oral Roberts, where Bachmann studied with Eidsmoe, was a Pentecostal school.
The family, with mother Betty-Ann, traveled around the American South preaching the word of the United Pentecostal Church.
The students of the university, and the people generally, were kindled as if by Pentecostal fires.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI | John LordThe great Pentecostal visitation seemed to have had another purpose.
Praying for Money | Russell H. ConwellThe Pentecostal charism, I believe, exhausted itself amongst the earliest disciples.
Collected Essays, Volume V | T. H. HuxleyThe lifeless, emotionless, joyless prayermeeting or preaching service never had its origin in the Pentecostal upper room.
The Palm Tree Blessing | W. E. ShepardDid not the Pentecostal converts 'eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God?'
The Hero of the Humber | Henry Woodcock
British Dictionary definitions for Pentecostal
/ (ˌpɛntɪˈkɒstəl) /
(usually prenominal) of or relating to any of various Christian groups that emphasize the charismatic aspects of Christianity and adopt a fundamental attitude to the Bible
of or relating to Pentecost or the influence of the Holy Ghost
a member of a Pentecostal Church
Derived forms of Pentecostal
- Pentecostalism, noun
- Pentecostalist, noun, adjective
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