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PENTECOSTALIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any member of a Pentecostal religious body
Synonyms:
Pentecostal; Pentecostalist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pentecostalist" is a kind of...):
Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)
Holonyms ("Pentecostalist" is a member of...):
Pentecostal religion (any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples)
Derivation:
pentecostalism (the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues)