passover
IPA: pˈæsoʊvɝ
Root Word: Passover
noun
- The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.
- The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan 14), which is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual Sabbaths).
- Alternative letter-case form of Passover [The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.]
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Examples of "passover" in Sentences
- Jews will use it to refer to Passover.
- Easter in the context of Passover and 2.
- Its not on the same subject as Passover.
- Is Passover or Ramadan especially slothful
- Christians observing Passover in the present.
- That perhaps it was even coming that Passover.
- I created a template for Passover just in time for Passover.
- The celebration begins after nightfall on the last day of Passover.
- In the Gospel of John, the Last Supper takes place the day before Passover.
- The passover sacrifices at the temple were different to the passover lambs.
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