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paschal, a. and n.|ˈpɑːskəl, -æ-|
Also 5–6 paskal(l, 6 pascal(l, pascquall, 8 pasqual.
[a. F. pascal (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. late L. paschāl-is (Codex Theod.), f. pascha pasch: see -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the Jewish Passover.
paschal lamb, the lamb slain and eaten at the Passover; applied to Christ, hence also to various symbolic representations of Christ: = Agnus Dei b and c.
c1430Lydg. Hors, Sheep & G. 1 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 15 This pascalle Lambe with-owte spott, alle whyte. 1526Tindale Mark xiv. 12 The first daye of swete breed, when they offered the pascal lambe. 1658Lightfoot Horæ Hebraicæ (1859) II. 336 That Judas after the paschal supper..could make his agreement with the priests, and get his blades..together ready to apprehend our Saviour. a1714Sharp Wks. (1754) VII. Serm. xii. 223 The paschal-feast, from whence our Saviour took his sacrament of the Lord's supper. 1845H. J. Rose in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 891/1 The paschal lamb they called the body of the Passover.
2. Of or pertaining to Easter; used in Easter celebrations.
paschal candle, a large candle blessed and lighted in the service of Holy Saturday and placed on the gospel side of the altar there to remain till Ascension day.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 377 The grete cicle of the terme Paschalle is finischede or complete in this vthe yere of Iustinus, whiche is of v.c. yere and xxxijti from the passion of Criste, and after Marianus v.c. and lx. yere. 1477–9in Rec. St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T.S.) 92 For makyng of the paschall tapre..weyng xxx lb. 1506in Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's Bp. Stortford (1882) 31 For the paskal sylver at Ester eve. 1519in Nash Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 6 For mending and scouring of the Pascall cansticke. 1653Jer. Taylor 25 Serm. 39 They then thought that when the Paschall taper burn'd, the flames of hell could not burn, till the holy wax was spent. 1670Blount Law Dict., Paschal Rents, are rents or yearly tributes paid by the inferior Clergy to the Bishop or Arch-Deacon at their Easter-Visitation. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund I. 61 At the time of confession and pasqual communion. 1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. 56 Polycarp..visited Rome, hoping to adjust the Paschal controversy.
B. n. Various absolute uses of A. 1 and 2.
1. A great candle lighted at Easter: see A. 2.
b. A candlestick to hold the same. Cf. Judas 2.
1427in Rec. St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T.S.) 64 A pece of tymbre to þe newe Paschall. Ibid., A dysch of peuter for þe Paskall. 1519in Nash Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 5 For wax and making of the Pascall. 1590Munday Eng. Romayne Life in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 186 After the Iewes..be baptized, they be brought into the church, and there they see the hallowing of the paschall, which is a mightie great wax taper. 1593in Rites & Mon. Ch. Durh. (Surtees 1903) 11 On the height of the sd candlestick or pascall of lattine was a fair large flower..wherein did stand a long peece of wood..wheron stood a great long square tap of wax called the pascall. 1826Hone Every-day Bk. I. 436 The paschal or great Easter taper at Westminster Abbey was three hundred pounds' weight. Ibid., The paschal in Durham cathedral was square wax, and reached to within a man's length of the roof.
2. The Passover celebration, Passover supper, or Passover lamb.
1579Fulke Heskins's Parl. 46 He did desire to eat the Pascall of the lawe. 1581R. Goade in Confer. iii. (1584) T iij, There was some distance of time betweene the Pascall and the Supper. a1655Vines Lord's Supper (1677) 16 The Levites killed the paschals. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. 11. 34 To suffer them [Jews]..to Celebrate their Paschal with all possible Solemnity. |