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azyme|ˈæzɪm, -aɪm|
Also 7 azime.
[ad. L. azȳmus adj., azyma n. pl., a. Gr. ἄζῡµος, -µα, f. ἀ priv. + ζῡ́µη leaven. Cf. F. azyme adj., azymes n.]
The Jewish passover cake of unleavened bread; also in pl. the feast of unleavened bread. Also fig.
[1398Trevisa Barth. de P.R. xvii. lxviii. 644 Paast made onely of mele and of water hyghte Azima.] 1582N. T. (Rhem.) 1 Cor. v. 7 Purge the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as ye are azymes [Wyclif, therf; Tindale, Genev. swete breed; 1611 unleauened]. ― Mark xiv. 1 The Pasche vvas and the Azymes after tvvo daies. 1651Rawleigh's Apparition 206 Peculiar ceremonies, to wit..the use of their Azimes and the obligation of their first born.
fig.1930T. S. Eliot tr. St.-J. Perse's Anabasis 69 Under the azyme of fine weather,..the whole feather of harvest! |