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Pasch

American  
[pask] / pæsk /

noun

  1. the Jewish festival of Passover.

  2. Easter.


Pasch British  
/ pɑːsk, pæsk /

noun

  1. an archaic name for Passover Easter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Pasch

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

Example Sentences

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Walton and fellow broadcaster Dave Pasch used the segue of legendary Bruin center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s No. 33 jersey to mention that Timiraos had just turned 33.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2025

Here’s Walton’s highly entertaining exchange with broadcast partner Dave Pasch, which includes Walton’s not-quite-correct pronunciation of Chewbacca.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

“We were all working together to help Ashton not get injured,” Pasch said.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Pasch: “He won’t talk to me before a game. He saves it all for the air, like when you don’t see the bride before the wedding.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022

The Israelites then, as I have said, went from every part of the land up to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Pasch each year.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

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