過越 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Passover proper noun The Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt.
Senses
過越 is used for these senses in English:
- Passover The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).
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