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  • English Word Pentaptych Definition A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
  • English Word Pentarchy Definition A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
  • English Word Pentaspast Definition A purchase with five pulleys.
  • English Word Pentaspermous Definition Containing five seeds.
  • English Word Pentastich Definition A composition consisting of five verses.
  • English Word Pentastichous Definition Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.
  • English Word Pentastomida Definition Same as Linguatulina.
  • English Word Pentastyle Definition Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
  • English Word Pentastyle Definition A portico having five columns.
  • English Word Pentateuch Definition The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.
  • English Word Pentateuchal Definition Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch.
  • English Word Pentathionic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur.
  • English Word Pentathlon Definition A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.
  • English Word Pentatomic Definition Having five atoms in the molecule.
  • English Word Pentatomic Definition Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.
  • English Word Pentavalent Definition Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
  • English Word Penteconter Definition A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
  • English Word Pentecost Definition A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.
  • English Word Pentecost Definition A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
  • English Word Pentecostal Definition Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
  • English Word Pentecostals Definition Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
  • English Word Pentecoster Definition An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
  • English Word Pentecosties Definition of Pentecosty
  • English Word Pentecosty Definition A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
  • English Word Pentelic Definition Alt. of Pentelican
  • English Word Pentelican Definition Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.
  • English Word Pentene Definition Same as Amylene.
  • English Word Penthouse Definition A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.
  • English Word Penthouse Definition Leaning; overhanging.
  • English Word Pentice Definition A penthouse.