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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pasch  \Pasch\,  Pascha  \Pas"cha\,  n.  [AS.  pascha,  L.  pascha,  Gr 
  ?,  fr  Heb.  pesach,  fr  p[=a]sach  to  pass  over:  cf  OF 
  pasque,  F.  p[^a]que.  Cf  {Paschal},  {Paas},  {Paque}.] 
  The  passover;  the  feast  of  Easter. 
 
  {Pasch  egg}.  See  {Easter  egg},  under  {Easter}. 
 
  {Pasch  flower}.  See  {Pasque  flower},  under  {Pasque}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pascha 
  n  :  an  archaic  name  for  Easter  or  Passover  [syn:  {Pasch},  {Pascha}] 




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