p'ent'ay
/ˈpɛn.teɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant
Example Sentences
- "At least 95.3% of the population is Muslim and 4.7% is Christian (3.9% Orthodox Christian, 0.7% P’ent’ay, and 0.1% Catholics)."
- "The claim of Medhane consists of dual targets of ‘the enormously successful proselytizing efforts of the P’ent’ay Churches in Southern Ethiopia and the growth of Sunni fundamentalism in Somalia’ (ibid.)."
- "The country is predominantly Christian with faiths like Ethiopian Orthodox, Pentay (a short form of Pentecostal, sometimes written as P’ent’ay), and Roman Catholic being prevalent."
- "A majority of the population adheres to Christianity (mainly the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and P’ent’ay), while around a third follows Islam (primarily Sunni Islam)."