About The Word Passover
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Passover
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What's The Definition Of Passover?
[n] (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
Synonyms | Synonyms for Passover: Feast of the Unleavened Bread | Pesach | Pesah Related Terms | Find terms related to Passover: See Also | movable feast | moveable feast | Pasch | Pascha Passover In Webster's Dictionary \Pass"o`ver\, n. [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.
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