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  • proper noun The Jewish festival of Passover.

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  • noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew pesaḥ, from pāsaḥ, to pass over; see psḥ in Semitic roots.]

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Hebrew פסח

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