PASSOVER

Passover, Pesach, Pesah, Feast of the Unleavened Bread

(noun) (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Passover (plural Passovers)

The eight-day Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.

The one-day Biblical feast that begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan 14), which is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15-21).

The Christian holy day generally falling on the first day of the Jewish Passover.

Anagrams

• overpass

Source: Wiktionary


Pass"o`ver, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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