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
- Calomel ‐ a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a…
- Unselfish ‐ not greedy [adj]…
- Chains ‐ metal shackles; for…
- Readmit ‐ admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was…
- Worldly-minded ‐ marked by…
- Au pair ‐ a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing…
- Flower stalk ‐ erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground…
- Bantoid ‐ relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics…
- Unworried ‐ free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood";…
- Amanita muscaria ‐ poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet…