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Passover
(pɑːsoʊvəʳ, pæs-)
uncountable noun [oft the NOUN]
Passover is a Jewish festival that begins in March or April and lasts for seven or eight days. Passover begins with a special meal that reminds Jewish people of how God helped their ancestors escape from Egypt.
Tomorrow night at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins.
Kate had invited Alan to spend the Passover with her.
Passover in British English
(ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə)
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: paschal2. another term for the Paschal Lamb
Word origin
C16: from pass over, translation of Hebrew pesah, from pāsah to pass overPassover in American English
(ˈpæsˌoʊvər)
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)
Word origin
pass2 + over, used to transl. Heb pesach: see PaschImage ofPassover
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Religious festivalsIn other languagesPassover
British English: Passover /ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə/ NOUN
Passover is a Jewish festival beginning in March or April and lasting for seven or eight days.
- American English: Passover
- Arabic: عِيدُ تِذْكَارِ خُرُوجِ الْيَهُودِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: páscoa judaica
- Chinese: 逾越节
- Croatian: Pasha
- Czech: pesach židovaský svátek
- Danish: jødisk påske
- Dutch: Pascha
- European Spanish: Pascua
- Finnish: juutalaisten pääsiäinen
- French: Pâque juive
- German: Passah
- Greek: Εβραϊκό Πάσχα
- Italian: Pasqua ebraica
- Japanese: 過越しの祭
- Korean: 유월절
- Norwegian: jødisk påske
- Polish: Pascha
- European Portuguese: Páscoa judaica
- Romanian: paște evreiesc
- Russian: еврейская пасха
- Latin American Spanish: Pascua
- Swedish: judisk påskhögtid
- Thai: วันหยุดเพื่อระลึกถึงการอพยพของชาวยิวจากอียิปต์
- Turkish: Musevilerin Fısıh Bayramı
- Ukrainian: єврейська Пасха
- Vietnamese: Lễ Quá hải của người Do Thái
Definition of 'Passover'
Chinese translation of 'Passover'
Passover
(ˈpɑːsəuvəʳ)
n (u)
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逾越节(節)
(Yúyuèjié)
Nearby words ofPassover
- passionately
- passionless
- passive
- Passover
- passport
- password
- past
Synonyms of 'Passover'
Passover
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