Definitions
Alternative letter-case form of Passover.
Word origin
Deverbal from pass over as a calque of Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “to pass over”) (see sense 1), coined by the English Biblical scholar and linguist William Tyndale (c. 1494 – 1536), in his 1530 translation of Exodus 12 of the Bible, the first in modern English: see the quotation.
Used in a sentence
“By Faith he [Moses] ſlevv the Typick Lamb, / And kept the Paſſover of God: / He knevv from VVhom its Virtue came, / The Saving Povver of ſprinkled Blood.”
“Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a nevve lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Chriſt our Paſſeouer is ſacrificed for vs.”
“["][W]e are to be rewarded for our pains by eating passover cakes." / "What are they?" / "Festival bread of the Hebrews, made in the new moon, with the milk of he-goats."”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spring Jewish holiday”8 letters
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