pascha

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pascha has 2 senses

pascha(n = noun.time) pasch - the Jewish feast of the Passover; Array

is a kind of feast of the unleavened bread, passover, pesach, pesah

pascha(n = noun.time) pasch - the Christian festival of Easter; Array

is a kind of easter

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pascha, n. [AS. pascha, L. pascha, Gr. , fr. Heb. pesach, fr. pāsach to pass over: cf. OF. pasque, F. pâque. Cf. Paschal, Paas, Paque.].

The passover; the feast of Easter. [1913 Webster]

Pasch egg. See Easter egg, under Easter. -- Pasch flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.

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