Passover
noun /ˈpɑːsəʊvə(r)/
/ˈpæsəʊvər/
[uncountable, countable]- the Jewish religious festival and holiday in memory of the escape of the Jews from EgyptTopics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPassover is used before these nouns:
- meal
Word Originfrom pass over ‘pass without touching’, with reference to the exemption of the Israelites from the death of their firstborn in the Bible (Exodus 12).