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PASCHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pascha mean?
• PASCHA (noun)
The noun PASCHA has 2 senses:
1. the Jewish feast of the Passover
2. the Christian festival of Easter
Familiarity information: PASCHA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Jewish feast of the Passover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Pasch; Pascha
Hypernyms ("Pascha" is a kind of...):
Feast of the Unleavened Bread; Passover; Pesach; Pesah ((Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Christian festival of Easter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Pasch; Pascha
Hypernyms ("Pascha" is a kind of...):
Easter (a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox)
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