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pentecust (1113-19)
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pentecust (1113-19)

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pentechoste,  pentecost,  pentecoste,  pentecoust,  pentecouste,  pentecoyst,  pentecuste;  penthecost,  penthecoste,  penthecouste,  penthecuste;  penticost,  penticoste,  penticostes  (penchecouste (l. penthecouste)  Foedera1 i 953,  pencoste  Rich I 37.7 (var.),  pestecost  YBB 32-33 Ed I 7)  
  FEW:  pentecoste 8,207b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  pentecoste 10,314b TL: pentecoste 1 7,682 DEAF:  pentecoste  DMF:  pentecôte  TLF:  pentecôte  OED:  Pentecost n.  MED:  pente-cost(e n.  DMLBS:  Pentecoste 2183a

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liturgicaltimeeccl.Pentecost, Whitsunday (Christian festival of the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles): 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pentecuste guardum Quant la lune en sum curs Ne ad mais [que] .iiii. jurs Puis les nones de mai  Comput ANTS 45.3442
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  A Tintagel deivent venir: Li reis i veolt sa curt tenir; A pentecuste i serunt tuit  marie Lais 152.41
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  L'endemain fu pentecoste en esté  Boeve 2461
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  simeyne de la Pentechoste  BRITT i 346
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  Paul en out pensee de nager outre Ephese [...]; car il se hastea si ceo fust possible qe il feist le jour de la pentecost (var. pentecouste) a Jerosolme  Actes (A) 371c
( 1375 )  vint et cynk livres as termes de Penticost et de Saint Martyn en iver par ovelles porcions  GAUNT1 ii 291

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Custepente 
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