Pentecost A solemn festival of the Jews, so called, because it was celebrated fifty days after the feast of the passover, Leviticus 23:15. It corresponds with the Christians' Whitsuntide, for which it is sometimes used.
Pentecost A solemn festival of the Jews, so called, because it was celebrated fifty days after the feast of the passover, Leviticus 23:15. It corresponds with the Christians' Whitsuntide, for which it is sometimes used.