paschal
/ˈpask(ə)l
/ /ˈpɑːsk(ə)l/adjective formal
1Relating to Easter.For the New Year a sucking pig roasted was a delicacy worth waiting for and for Easter the paschal baby lamb or goat roasted whole on a spit is universally loved....
- In the paschal event and the Eucharist that makes it present throughout the centuries, there is a truly enormous ‘capacity’ that embraces all of history.
- Marriage, like all sacraments, is paschal to the core and consequently it is as much about dying as it is about new life.
2Relating to the Jewish Passover.According to the Bible, ever since the Israelites made their escape from Egypt in the middle of the night, following their first paschal meal, Passover has been marked by a nighttime ceremony....
- For the French, a roast leg of lamb, the gigot pascal (pascal and the English paschal refer equally to the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter), is the traditional Easter Sunday lunch.
- The word paschal actually comes from the Hebrew word for Passover.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin paschalis, from pascha 'feast of Passover', via Greek and Aramaic from Hebrew Pesaḥ 'Passover'.
Rhymes
- golden goose
- golden groundsel
- golden-haired
- golden handcuffs
- golden handshake
- golden hello
- Golden Hind
- Golden Horde
- Golden Horn
- golden hour
- golden jubilee
- goldenly
- golden mean
- golden mole
- golden number
- golden oldie
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- golden oriole
- golden parachute
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- golden plover
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- golden rice