- Azymes
Azymes is an archaic English word for the Jewish
matzah , derived from the Greek word αζυμος ("unleavened") for unfermented cakes in Biblical times; [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm Azymes] -Catholic Encyclopedia article] the more accepted term in modern English is simplyunleavened bread ormatzah , but cognates of the Greek term are still used in manyRomance language s (French "pain azyme", Italian "azzime"). The term does not appear frequently in modern Bible translations, but was the usual word for unleavened bread in the early Catholic EnglishDouay-Rheims Bible .Azymite was a term of abuse used by Greek rite Christians against Latin Rite Christians.References
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