Definition of paschal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paschal

adjective

/ˈpɑːskl/

/ˈpæskl/

(formal)

relating to Easter

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relating to the Jewish Passover

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin paschalis, from pascha ‘feast of Passover’, via Greek and Aramaic from Hebrew Pesaḥ ‘Passover’.

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