Pentecoster
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
"...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)..."
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More examples"...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)..."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ (pentēkostḗr), from πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús, “pentekostys”), from πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós, “fiftieth”).
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