- 1五旬節派的（常被口語跟「靈恩派」混著講，但五旬節派是更特定的教會系統）
Pentecostal describes a family of Christian churches that put great weight on the Holy Spirit — a lively service, prayer for healing, and, in many congregations, speaking in tongues. The churches take their name from Pentecost, the feast fifty days after Easter, when the New Testament says the Spirit came to the first believers. Though actually, not every church that talks about the Spirit is Pentecostal. People often use charismatic as a wider, looser label for that style, including groups inside older churches. Pentecostal can describe the churches, the worship, or a person from that tradition. It is ordinary English in religion and in the news. It is not slang, and it is not an insult by itself — though some speakers use it to mean “a very loud church,” which is unfair and too small.
組成From Pentecost + -al. Pentecost is the Christian feast on the fiftieth day; the -al makes an adjective (and, from there, a name for the churches).
同家族的字
- Pentecostthe feast the churches are named from
- Pentecostalistsame stem, with -ist, often for a person in that tradition
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Pentecostaladj/ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/
- 1
Of, or relating to Pentecost.
- 2
Of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit.
Pentecostalnoun/ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/
- 1
A member of a Pentecostal church.
- The Pentecostals had drowned them with their discotheque music, frenzied dancing and ecstatic prayer.
- 2
obsoleteAn offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
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