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Pentecost is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year.
It is also one of the English-language names for the Jewish holiday of
Shavuot .
Pentecost may also refer to:
Other religious and cultural events
Pinksteren (Dutch word meaning "Pentecost"), often pronounced in English as "
Pinkster "
Places
People
Pentecost Dodderidge (died c. 1650), MP for Barnstaple, England
Denie Pentecost (born 1970), Australian footballer
George Frederick Pentecost (1842–1920), American evangelist
Hugh O. Pentecost (1848–1907), American minister, editor, lawyer, and lecturer
J. Dwight Pentecost (1915–2014), American theologian
Max Pentecost (born 1993), American baseball player
Del Pentecost (born 1963), American actor and cast member of the 2008 play
Almost an Evening
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Topics referred to by the same term