Pascha Definition

noun
Easter, the most important Christian religious feast.
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Orthodox Christian church services during the week preceding Easter.
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adjective
Pertaining to Easter. (e.g. in the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week refers to the week preceding Easter)
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Other Word Forms of Pascha

Noun

Singular:
pascha
Plural:
paschas

Origin of Pascha

  • From Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (paskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh) .

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Pascha Sentence Examples

  • An erroneous derivation of the word pascha from the Greek ircthx iv, " to suffer," thus connected with the sufferings or passion of the Lord, is given by some of the Fathers of the Church, as Irenaeus, Tertullian and others, who were ignorant of Hebrew.

  • Elsewhere he talks of the " sacrament of faith," and " of the Resurrection," and " of human salvation," and " of the Pascha," and " of unction," and " of the body of Christ."

  • They all in substance repeat Paul's account; but identify the night on which Jesus was betrayed with that of the Pascha.

  • It emphasizes the fact that the Last Supper was the Pascha.

  • Felkin (2 vols., London, 1898); Emin Pasha in Central Africa (London, 1888), a collection of Emin's papers contributed to scientific journals; and Mit Emin Pascha ins Herz von Afrika (Berlin, 1894), by Dr Franz Stuhlmann.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

AHACHA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With A