Pasch

Pasch

[pask]
noun
1.
the Jewish festival of Passover.

Origin:
before 1150; Middle English, Old English < Late Latin Pascha < Greek Páscha < Aramaic: Passover; compare Hebrew Pesaḥ Pesach

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Pasch (pɑːsk, pæsk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Passover an archaic name for Easter
 
[C12: from Old French pasche, via Church Latin and Greek from Hebrew pesakhPesach]

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