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1. (n.) Passover
(l.c.)
Etymology: (1520–30; trans. of Heb pesa&hdotbelow;)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Passover, Pesach, Pesah, Feast of the Unleavened Bread
(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
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1. (noun) passover
a feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb
2. (noun) passover
the sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb
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1. passover
the chief festival of the Jews in commemoration of the passing of the destroying angel over the houses of the Israelites on the night when he slew the first-born of the Egyptians; it was celebrated in April, lasted eight days, only unleavened bread was used in its observance, and a lamb roasted whole was eaten with bitter herbs, the partakers standing and road-ready as on their departure from the land of bondage.
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