paschal lamb
see also: Paschal Lamb
Noun
Paschal Lamb
Pronunciation Noun
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see also: Paschal Lamb
Noun
paschal lamb (plural paschal lambs)
- Alternative form of Paschal Lamb
Paschal Lamb
Pronunciation Noun
paschal lamb
- (historical) The lamb eaten at Passover.
- c.1530, John Frith, "The Paschal Lamb and our Sacrament are here Compared Together"
- The Paschal Lamb was instituted and eaten the night before the children of Israel were indeed delivered from Egypt.
- c.1530, John Frith, "The Paschal Lamb and our Sacrament are here Compared Together"
- (figuratively) Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 (New International Version)
- Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch--as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 (New International Version)
- (heraldiccharge) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).
- 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362
- […] but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant.
- 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362
- (Jesus as sacrifice) Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, Passover Lamb, Passover lamb
- (heraldry) Holy Lamb, Agnus Dei
- French: agneau pascal, pâque, Pâque
- German: Passahlamm, Passalamm, Passah, Passa, Paschalamm (pás-cha), Pessachlamm, Pascha, Pessach, Osterlamm
- Italian: agnello pasquale
- Russian: пасхальный а́гнец
- Spanish: cordero de Pascua Florida
- French: Agneau Pascal, Agneau de Dieu, Agneau Mystique, Pâque
- German: Passahlamm, Passalamm, Passah, Passa, Paschalamm (pás-cha), Pessachlamm, Pascha, Pessach, Osterlamm
- Russian: Агнец Божий
- Spanish: Cordero de Dios
- French: agneau pascal
- Italian: agnello pasquale
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