pentecoster

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pentecoster

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ (pentēkostḗr), from πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús, “pentekostys”), from πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós, “fiftieth”).

noun pentecosters

An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army. ...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)...
Similar: quinquagenarian, quinquagenary

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@misc{pentecoster_2026,
  title = {pentecoster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pentecoster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}