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Webster 1913 Edition

Passover

Pass′oˊver

,
Noun.
[
Pass
+
over
. See Pasch.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.
Ex. xii.

Webster 1828 Edition

Passover

P`ASSOVER

,
Noun.
[pass and over.] A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews, in Egypt, when God smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb.
1.
The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover.

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