RRCrelating to a group of Christian churches that believe in the HolySpirit’s power, such as the power to curediseases 五旬节派教会的
—Pentecostalist noun [countableC]
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Pentecostal• Mum and Dad are staunchPentecostal church-goers, and will be all their lives.• It should be said immediately that Robertson does not belong to a Pentecostalchurch.• There are many people in classicalPentecostal churches and the renewal movement who are worried about an over-emphasis on exorcisms.• The people who attendPentecostal churches tend to be from the same population that plays the lottery.• Most of these are Pentecostalcongregations.• But Swaggart remains an important figure for anyone who seeks to understand the appeal of the Pentecostalimpulse.• Healing, after all, is an integral part of the Pentecostalmessage everywhere.• They speak with other tongues, which is embarrassing and distasteful to many non-members of the Pentecostalscene.