paschal
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Easter.
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of or relating to Passover.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to Passover
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of or relating to Easter
Etymology
Origin of paschal
1400–50; late Middle English paschall < Late Latin paschālis. See Pasch, -al 1
Example Sentences
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After starting the service in the rear of the church with the traditional lighting of a large paschal candle, he was taken in a wheelchair to the front to preside at the Mass.
From Reuters • Apr. 8, 2023
Soon there will be strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, snow peas and watercress, the paschal lamb, the Easter ham.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2017
Developments in Eucharistic theology are also apparent in instructions for the new Mass, which emphasize its character as a "paschal meal," a "gathering of the people of God to celebrate the memorial of the Lord."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It was quite as easy to prepare leavened bread as to provide the paschal lamb four days previously.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.
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