pentecostal

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As a "pentecostal" leader (note small p!) and hence charismatic in theology and experience,

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  1. Of or pertaining to Pentecost; occurring or happening at Pentecost: as, the pentecostal gift of tongues; pentecostal offerings.
  2. Offerings formerly made at Pentecost or Whitsuntide by parishioners to their priest, or by inferior churches to the mother church, etc. Also called Whitsun-farthings.

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  • She stands firm on abortion, creationism, the bible, family values, and all the things that resonate with the millions of people who gather in Assemblies of God, pentecostal, neo-pentecostal, baptist, southern baptist, and Christian churches every Sunday. —  Buffalo Geek
  • Prosperity gospel churches might be born-again or pentecostal, but they're not poor people. —  Firedoglake
  • OK, let's start by looking at the opening segment of last evenings program ... a faux commercial premised upon the Palin family's "pentecostal" predisposition ... for celebrating pregnancy. —  Thought Theater
  • It portrays Sarah Palin as an Assemblies of God pentecostal, when in fact Palin and her family have not attended the Pentecostal Church for years. —  Standing on My Head
  • I'm not a pentecostal or fundamentalist Christian, but I'm less offended by Palin's church than Obama's. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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  1. from Late Latin pentecostalis, pertaining to Pentecost, from pentecoste, Pentecost: see Pentecost.
 

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