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pentecostarion

noun
pen·te·cos·ta·ri·on | \ -käˌ- \
plural -s

Definition of pentecostarion 

: a liturgical book in the Eastern Church containing offices for the period from Easter Sunday to the first Sunday after Pentecost

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History and Etymology for pentecostarion

Late Greek pentēkostarion, from pentēkostē Pentecost

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