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Easter vs Pessah - What's the difference?

easter | pessah |

easter

English

(wikipedia Easter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.
    • We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.
  • Eastertide
  • (obsolete) The Jewish passover.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
    • After two dayes folowed ester , and the dayes of swete breed.
  • (paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara and celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April. Also known as Eostre.

    • Related terms

    * Easter Bunny * Easter egg * Easter Monday * Easter Sunday

    See also

    * pace * Pasch * Passover * Passion Sunday * Palm Sunday * Maundy Thursday * Good Friday

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    pessah

    Not English

    Pessah has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'pessah':

    peach, phish, pouch, pooch, poach, poojah, pfaugh, paich