Pascha

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noun

Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)

“In the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week is the week succeeding Easter.”

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PaschalPasch
OriginLatin pascha ← Ancient Greek πάσχα ← Aramaic פַּסְחָא →
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Meanings

nounPascha (countable and uncountable, plural Paschas)

plural Paschas · alternative pascha

  1. countableuncountablePassover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)
  2. countableuncountableEaster, the most important Christian religious holy day or feast.
  3. countableuncountableOriental OrthodoxyOrthodox Christian church services during the week succeeding Easter.
adjectivePascha (not comparable)

alternative pascha

  1. attributivenot comparableOriental OrthodoxyPertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).

    In the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week is the week succeeding Easter.

    Synonyms: Paschal, paschal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).

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Paschalpaschal

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe Jewish feast of the Passover

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Pasch
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PassoverPesachPesah

nounthe Christian festival of Easter

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Pasch
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Easter
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pasch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Hebrewפֶּסַח
  2. Aramaicפַּסְחָא
  3. Ancient Greekπάσχα“Passover”
  4. Latinpascha“Passover”
  5. EnglishPascha

From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paska, paskha, and Pesach.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Pascha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pascha

MLA

“Pascha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pascha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pascha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pascha.

Source: Pascha on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.