Associations to the word «Passover»

Wiktionary

PASSOVER, proper noun. The eight-day Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.
PASSOVER, proper noun. The Christian holy day generally falling on the first day of the Jewish Passover.

Dictionary definition

PASSOVER, noun. (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley