Passover

  • 41Passover —    The Jewish festival which celebrates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt …

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  • 42Passover — noun the major Jewish spring festival, commemorating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian servitude. Origin from pass over, with ref. to the exemption of the Israelites from the death of their firstborn (Exod. 12) …

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  • 43Passover — noun (singular) an important Jewish religious holiday when the escape of the Jews from Egypt is remembered …

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  • 44Passover —  Пасха иудейская …

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  • 45Passover — [ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə] noun [C/U] a Jewish religious festival that lasts for seven or eight days in March or April …

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  • 46Passover — Pass•o•ver [[t]ˈpæsˌoʊ vər, ˈpɑs [/t]] n. 1) jud Also called Pesach . a Jewish festival, beginning on the 14th of Nisan and celebrated for either seven or eight days, that commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. 2) jud (l.c.)… …

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  • 47Passover — /ˈpasoʊvə / (say pahsohvuh) noun 1. (in Judaism and Christianity) the sparing of the Israelites in Egypt when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians. 2. the Jewish festival instituted to commemorate this. See Pesach. 3. (also lower case)… …

  • 48Passover —  ; Pasch    These words refer to the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt and their Exodus from Egypt to journey to the Promised Land.    See Paschal lamb; Paschal mystery. (See CCC 1363) …

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  • 49passover —   Pakoa, mōliaola …

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  • 50Passover — n. 1 the Jewish spring festival commemorating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, held from the 14th to the 21st day of the seventh month of the Jewish year. 2 = paschal lamb. Etymology: pass over = pass without touching, with …

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