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  paschal lamb

  noun

  a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Exodus 12:3–11.
• Paschal Lamb
  Paschal Lamb

  noun

  (sometimes not capitals) Old Testament the lamb killed and eaten on the first day of the Passover

paschal lamb

American  

noun

1. Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Exodus 12:3–11.

2. (initial capital letters) Christ.

3. (initial capital letters) any of several symbolic representations of Christ, as the Agnus Dei.

4. Also called Holy Lamb.  (initial capital letters) a representation of a lamb passant having around its head a nimbus and supporting on the dexter shoulder a crosslike staff bearing a flag argent charged with a cross gules.

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Paschal Lamb British  

noun

1. (sometimes not capitals) Old Testament the lamb killed and eaten on the first day of the Passover

2. Christ regarded as this sacrifice

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Etymology

Origin of paschal lamb

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English

Example Sentences

Soon there will be strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, snow peas and watercress, the paschal lamb, the Easter ham.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2017

In a rough-hewn but softly hued departure from his other, often starker work, Baskin evokes many of the familiar Passover figures �the paschal lamb, Pharaoh, the plagues, and the prophet Elijah.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You know," said her grandmother, "that Jesus is often called the 'Lamb of God'; that paschal lamb was a type of Christ and is so spoken of in many Scriptures."

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

Outside, the women were roasting the paschal lamb.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Lo, the full, finall Sacrifice On which all figures fix't their eyes: The ransom'd Isack, and his ramme; The manna, and the paschal lamb.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard