About The Word Passover
Learn about the word Passover to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Passover definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Passover
| Passover Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Fresh start ‐ an opportunity to start over without…
- Asker ‐ someone who asks…
- Gas chamber ‐ instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which…
- Arrogantly ‐ in an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and…
- Vulcanized fiber ‐ a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or…
- Mauritius ‐ an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean [n] a parliamentary…
- Factorize ‐ resolve into factors, as of a…
- Step-up ‐ the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"…
- Hesperus ‐ a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the…
- Six-footer ‐ a person who is at least six…