单词 | antepaschal |
释义 | antepaschaladj. Now rare. Occurring before the Jewish Passover or before Easter. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > Passover > [adjective] > coming before antepaschal1660 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iv. xiii. §17 Some did only observe three..out of the number of the seven ante~paschal weeks. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts ii. i. 348 Concerning the ending of the Ante-paschal Fast. a1773 A. Butler Moveable Feasts Catholic Church (1774) v. i. 193 This name [sc. Quadragesima] could never have been given to the great antepaschal Fast had it not then been of about forty Days. 1849 Northern Star (Leeds) 21 Apr. 4/5 We commented last week on the meagre performance of the ante-Paschal Session [of Parliament]. 1886 A. Badeau Aristocracy in Eng. xxix. 273 The ante-paschal season is perhaps the most agreeable part of the London year. 1937 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 23 Mar. 16/1 (advt. heading) Antepaschal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1660 |
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