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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 Passoverplay

2. the Christian festival of Easterplay

  Familiarity information: PASCHA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PASCHA (noun)


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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