pentecosty Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pen`te*cos"ty noun
Etymology
Gr. , fr. the fiftieth, fifty.
Wordforms
plural Pentecosties
Definitions
  1. (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Webster 1913