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n. someone who arrives late. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), fr. &unr_; fifty. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [ Written also pentaconter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pentecoste, Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. &unr_; fiftieth, fr. &unr_; fifty, fr. &unr_; five. See Five, and cf. Pingster. ] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; fifty. ] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pentecosties [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the fiftieth, &unr_; fifty. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]