paschal lamb

paschal lamb

n.1. a. The lamb sacrificed at the first Passover.b. A lamb sacrificed in any later Passover commemoration.2. Paschal Lamb See Agnus Dei.

Paschal Lamb

n 1. (Judaism) (sometimes not capitals) Old Testament the lamb killed and eaten on the first day of the Passover 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christ regarded as this sacrifice

pas′chal lamb′

n. 1. a lamb slaughtered and eaten by the ancient Hebrews at Passover. 2. (caps.) Christ. 3. (caps.) any of several symbolic representations of Christ, as the Agnus Dei. [1400–50]

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Paschal Lamb - figure of a lamb; emblematic of ChristAgnus Deiallegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

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