Pasch

[ pask ]

noun
  1. the Jewish festival of Passover.

Origin of Pasch

1
before 1150; Middle English, Old English <Late Latin Pascha<Greek Páscha<Aramaic: Passover; compare Hebrew PesaḥPesach

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Pasch

/ (pɑːsk, pæsk) /


noun
  1. an archaic name for Passover (def. 1), Easter

Origin of Pasch

1
C12: from Old French pasche, via Church Latin and Greek from Hebrew pesakh Pesach

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