| Passover 1. (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. 2. (n.) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the Passover; the paschal lamb. Thesaurus Entries Fast of Av, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Weeks, Hanukkah, High Holy Days, New Year, Ninth of Av, Passover, Pentecost, Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shabuoth, Simhath Torah, Sukkoth, Yom Kippur, asceticism, cold purgatorial fires, fasting, flagellation, hair shirt, lustration, maceration, mortification, penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise, purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes |