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pentecostal

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a member of a Church or group that is part of the branch of the Christian religion known as Pentecostalism, whose members put a lot of emphasis on the power of the Holy Spirit, for example to make people who are sick healthy again, and who believe that everything in the Bible is true:

Examples:

Like other evangelicals, Pentecostals assert the Bible's word-for-word authority, the need to accept Christ, and the duty to share that faith with others before the end days.
2
relating to Pentecostalism (= a branch of the Christian religion that puts a lot of emphasis on the power of the Holy Spirit, for example to make people who are sick healthy again, and that believes that everything in the Bible is true):

Examples:

Charles Fox Parham of Topeka is credited with founding the first Pentecostal church and Bible school.

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