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Passover

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Noun

1. feast of the unleavened bread, passover, pesach, pesah

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Passover

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noun
1. Also called: Pesach, Pesah, Feast of the Unleavened Bread
an eight-day Jewish festival beginning on Nisan 15 and celebrated in commemoration of the passing over or sparing of the Israelites in Egypt, when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians (Exodus 12)
▶ Related adjective: paschal
2.  another term for the Paschal Lamb

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Passover

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noun
1. 
a Jewish holiday (Pesach) celebrated for eight (or seven) days beginning on the 15th of Nisan and commemorating the deliverance of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt: Ex. 12
2.  [p-]
paschal lamb1 (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Passover

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n.
Judaism
A holiday beginning on the 14th of Nisan and traditionally continuing for eight days, commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. Also called Pesach.

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