passover
/ˈpæsˌoʊvəɹ/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
Meaning
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The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib or Nisan 14), during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or yearly Sabbaths).
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Synonym of Last Supper (“the meal that Jesus Christ ate with his disciples on the night before his death”).
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Synonym of Paschal Lamb (“Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice for the sins of humankind”).
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The seven-day (in Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), commemorating the Biblical story of the Exodus.
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Synonym of Paschal Lamb (“the lamb traditionally eaten during Pesach”); also, the meal at which this lamb is eaten.
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Alternative letter-case form of Passover.
Example Sentences
- "And they ſhall take of the bloud ãd ſtrike it on the .ij. ſyde poſtes ãd on the vpper dor poſt of the houſes, whereĩ they eate hĩ. […] [I]t is the Lordes paſſeouer, for I will go aboute ĩ the lãde of Egipte this ſame nyghte, ãd will ſmyte all the firſtborne in the lande of Egipte: both of mã ãd beeſt, ãd apõ al the goddes off Egipte will I the Lorde do execution. And the bloude ſhall be vnto you a tokẽ vppon the houſes where in ye are, for whẽ I ſe the bloude, I will paſſe ouer you, ãd the plage ſhall not be vppõ you to deſtroye you, when I ſmyte the londe off Egipte."
- "Theſe are the feaſtes of the Lord, euen holy conuocations, which ye ſhall proclaime in their ſeaſons. In the fourteenth day of the firſt moneth at euen, is the Lords Paſſeouer. And on the fifteenth day of the ſame moneth, is the feaſt of vnleauened bread vnto the Lord: ſeuen dayes ye muſt eate vnleauened bread."
- "By Faith he [Moses] ſlevv the Typick Lamb, / And kept the Paſſover of God: / He knevv from VVhom its Virtue came, / The Saving Povver of ſprinkled Blood."
- "Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a nevve lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Chriſt our Paſſeouer is ſacrificed for vs."
- "But let all vvho have any ſparkes of ſobriety, temperance or grace vvithin them, abominate theſe unchriſtian Chriſtmas extravagancies: […] And thereupon reſolving, to purge out all this old leaven, (of dancing, dicing, healthing, Playes and riot) that ſo they may be a nevv lumpe, becauſe Chriſt their Paſſeover is novv ſacrificed for them: casting avvay all theſe vvorkes of darkneſſe, and putting on the armour of light: […]"
- "["][W]e are to be rewarded for our pains by eating passover cakes." / "What are they?" / "Festival bread of the Hebrews, made in the new moon, with the milk of he-goats.""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpæsˌoʊvəɹ/
- British English: /ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə/