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Pentecosty

Penˊte-cos′ty

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Noun.
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pl.
Pentecosties
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[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] the fiftieth, [GREEK] fifty.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; – called also
pentecostys
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Jowett (Thucyd. ).