Pentecosty definitions

Pentecosty

• (n.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pentecosty/

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Pentecosty

Pen`te·cos'ty noun ; plural Pentecosties . [ Greek ..., from ... the fiftieth, ... fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys . Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/49

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