Passover
noun/ˈpɑːsəʊvə(r)/
/ˈpæsəʊvər/
[uncountable, countable]- the Jewish religious festival and holiday celebrated in March or April in memory of the escape of the Israelites from EgyptTopics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPassover is used before these nouns:
- meal
Word Originfrom pass over ‘pass without touching’, with reference to the exemption of the Israelites from the death of their firstborn in the Bible (Exodus 12).Definitions on the go
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