PENTECOSTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pentecostalism mean? 

• PENTECOSTALISM (noun)
  The noun PENTECOSTALISM has 1 sense:

1. the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues

  Familiarity information: PENTECOSTALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENTECOSTALISM (noun)

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Meaning:

The principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pentecostalism" is a kind of...):

Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)

Derivation:

Pentecostalist (any member of a Pentecostal religious body)