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A religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and is known for speaking in tongues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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Broader terms: Protestantism
the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Protestantism
Etymology tree English Pentecost English -al English Pentecostal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Pentecostalism From Pentecostal + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
петдесятничество
(petdesjatničestvo)
— Christian religious movement
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Catalan:
pentecostalisme
— Christian religious movement
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Chinese Cantonese:
五旬節運動 /五旬节运动
(ng5 seon4 zit3 wan6 dung6)
— Christian religious movement
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Chinese Mandarin:
五旬節運動 /五旬节运动
(Wǔxúnjié yùndòng)
— Christian religious movement
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Czech:
letniční hnutí
— Christian religious movement
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Czech:
pentekostalismus
— Christian religious movement
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Danish:
pinsebevægelse
— Christian religious movement
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Dutch:
Pinksterbeweging
— Christian religious movement
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Esperanto:
pentekostismo
— Christian religious movement
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Estonian:
nelipühilus
— Christian religious movement
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Faroese:
hvítusunnurørsla
— Christian religious movement
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Faroese:
hvítusunnusamkoma
— Christian religious movement
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Finnish:
helluntailaisuus
— Christian religious movement
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French:
pentecôtisme
— Christian religious movement
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German:
Pfingstbewegung
— Christian religious movement
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Greek:
Πεντηκοστιανισμός
(Pentikostianismós)
— Christian religious movement
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Hungarian:
pünkösdizmus
— Christian religious movement
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Indonesian:
Pentekostalisme
— Christian religious movement
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Indonesian:
Pantekostalisme
— Christian religious movement
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Italian:
pentecostalismo
— Christian religious movement
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Polish:
pentekostalizm
— Christian religious movement
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Portuguese:
pentecostalismo
— Christian religious movement
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Russian:
пятидеся́тничество
(pjatidesjátničestvo)
— Christian religious movement
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Slovak:
letničné hnutie
— Christian religious movement
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Slovene:
bínkoštništvo
— Christian religious movement
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Spanish:
pentecostalismo
— Christian religious movement
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Swedish:
pingströrelse
— Christian religious movement
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Swedish:
pingstkyrka
— Christian religious movement
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Swedish:
pingstväckelse
— Christian religious movement
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Swedish:
pentekostalism
— Christian religious movement