Pentecost

n 1: seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the

Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland

[syn: {Pentecost}, {Whitsunday}]

2: Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to

celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments [syn: {Shavous},

{Shabuoth}, {Shavuoth}, {Shavuot}, {Pentecost}, {Feast of

Weeks}]