Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Passover.
- noun Easter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Jewish feast of the Passover; hence, the Christian feast of Easter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The passover; the feast of Easter.
- noun See Easter egg, under
Easter . - noun See Pasque flower, under
Pasque .
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- noun archaic
Easter . - noun archaic
Passover .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Christian festival of Easter
- noun the Jewish feast of the Passover
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The week was also known as the week of the dry fast (xerophagia), while some of its observances were very possibly influenced by an erroneous etymology of the word Pasch, which was current among the Greeks.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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At present the word Pasch is used exclusively in the latter sense.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Irak, had a daughter named Hind, who went out one Pasch, which is a feast day of the Nazarenes, to the White Church, to take the sacrament; she was eleven years old and was the loveliest woman of her age and time; and it so chanced that on the same day came to
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One of these feasts was called the Pasch, or Passover, and it was during the celebration of that feast that Our Lord was put to death; so that there were many persons from all parts of the nation present at the sad execution.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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(A minority of English-speaking Orthodox prefer the English word 'Pasch.')
DaGoddess.com 2009
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(A minority of English-speaking Orthodox prefer the English word 'Pasch.')
DaGoddess.com 2009
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Once again, Christian Abbiati rides to his side's rescue, turning the ball around the post with a fine save.87 min: "A bit of pedantry," writes Matias Pasch.
AC Milan 4-0 Arsenal – as it happened | Barry Glendenning 2012
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The campaign had energised Democrats, who went to great lengths with get-out-the-vote efforts, but the final result came down to a tight race between Republican Alberta Darling of River Hills, who held off Democratic state representative Sandy Pasch of Whitefish Bay by a 5,000 vote margin.
Democrats fall short in heated Wisconsin recall elections 2011
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In five of those six races, their challengers are strong, Democratic women: Nancy Nusbaum, Sandy Pasch, Shelly Moore, Jessica King and Jennifer Shilling.
Stephanie Schriock: The Wisconsin Fight: Bridging Women, Labor and the Progressive Movement Stephanie Schriock 2011
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Matias Pasch has a word or two on mathematics: ESPN online coverage begins with the statement 'if Barcelona score one, Madrid will need to score 4'.
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