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 Pentateuch.Penthesile’a. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pen’tecost (Greek, pentecostê, fiftieth).
 
The festival held by the Jews on the fiftieth day after the Passover; our Whit-Sunday.   1
 


 Pentateuch.Penthesile’a. 

 
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