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passover
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Passover
(gcide) | Passover \Pass"o`ver\, n. [Pass + over. See Pasch.] (Jewish
Antiq.)
(a) 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.
(b) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the
paschal lamb. --Ex. xii.
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passover
(wn) | Passover
n 1: (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from
Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from
Egypt [syn: Passover, Pesach, Pesah, {Feast of the
Unleavened Bread}] |
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Passover
(gcide) | Passover \Pass"o`ver\, n. [Pass + over. See Pasch.] (Jewish
Antiq.)
(a) 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.
(b) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the
paschal lamb. --Ex. xii.
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passover supper
(wn) | Passover supper
n 1: (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both
nights) of Passover [syn: Seder, Passover supper] |
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