A feast of the Christian church held in memory of our Saviour’sresurrection. The Greeks and Latins call it “pascha,” (passovcr.) to which Jewish feastour Easter answers. This feast has beeu annually celebrated since the time of theapostles, and is one of the most important festivals in the Christian calendar, being thatwhich regulates and determines the times of all the other movable feasts. Enc. Lond.
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