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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. ).

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pentecosty

pentecosty

English

Noun

pentecosty ‎(plural pentecosties)

(historical, Ancient Greece) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.
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