Crossword clues for paschal
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paschal \Pas"chal\ (p[a^]s"kal), a. [L. paschalis: cf. F.
pascal. See Pasch.]
Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal
lamb; paschal eggs.
--Longfellow.
Paschal candle (R. C. Ch.), a large wax candle, blessed and placed on the altar on Holy Saturday, or the day before Easter.
Paschal flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "of or pertaining to Easter," from Old French paschal (12c.) and directly from Late Latin paschalis, from pascha "Passover, Easter," from Greek pascha "Passover," from Aramaic pasha "pass over," corresponding to Hebrew pesah, from pasah "he passed over." (see Passover). Pasche was an early Middle English term for "Easter" (see Easter).
Wiktionary
a. 1 of or relating to Passover 2 of or relating to Easter, especially the Orthodox Pascha. alt. 1 of or relating to Passover 2 of or relating to Easter, especially the Orthodox Pascha.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to Passover or Easter; "paschal lamb"
Wikipedia
Paschal is a variant spelling of the name Pascal (see: Pascal (given name), Pascal (surname)), from Latin Paschalis. Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:
- Antipope Paschal (687), a rival with Theodore for Pope following the death of Pope Conon (21 September 687), and thus is considered an antipope of the Roman Catholic Church
- Pope Paschal I (died 824), head of the Catholic Church from 25 January 817 to his death in 824
- Pope Paschal II (11th-century–1118), head of the Catholic Church from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118
- Antipope Paschal III (1164–1168), Antipope from 1164 to 20 September 1168
Paschal may also refer to:
- Paschal Baylon (1540–1592), Spanish friar and a saint in the Roman Catholic Church
- Pope Paschal I (see above)
Paschal is also a French and an English surname:
- Benjamin Edwin Paschal (1895–1974), American baseball outfielder
- Bill Paschal (1921–2003), American football running back
- Bobby Paschal (born 1941), American college basketball coach
- Janet Paschal (born 1956), Contemporary Christian and southern gospel
- James Roy Paschal (1926–2004), NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver
- John Paschal (13th-century–1361), English Bishop
- Marcus Paschal (born 1984), American football safety
- Thomas Moore Paschal, U.S. Representative from Texas.
Paschal may also be used as an adjective (from " Pascha", a Latinized spelling of the Hebrew word Pesach, meaning Passover) to describe various Easter- and Passover-related observances and events:
- Paschal month, an important Biblically-derived Jewish festival
- Paschal candle, a large, white candle used at liturgy in the Western Rites of Christianity (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
- Paschal cycle, in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha (Easter)
- Paschal Full Moon, refers to the ecclesiastical full moon of the northern spring used in the determination of the date of Easter
- Paschal greeting, an Easter custom among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Christians, as well as among some Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians
- Paschal Homily, sermon (also known in Greek as Hieratikon or as the Catechetical Homily) of St John Chrysostom (d. 407 CE) is read aloud on the morning of Pascha (a.k.a. "Easter" in the West)
- Paschal Lamb (disambiguation)
- Paschal mystery, – one of the central concepts of Christian faith relating to the history of salvation. Its main subject is the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Paschal Triduum, the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday (the vigil of Good Friday) and ends with evening prayer on Easter Sunday
- Paschal trikirion, a liturgical triple-candlestick used at Easter time in the Eastern Orthodox/Byzantine Catholic tradition
- Paschal troparion, the characteristic hymn for the celebration of Pascha (Easter) in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite
Paschal may also refer to:
- R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Usage examples of "paschal".
When it is said, then, that they were going to eat the Pasch on the fifteenth day of the month, it is to be understood that the Pasch there is not called the Paschal lamb, which was sacrificed on the fourteenth day, but the Paschal food--that is, the unleavened bread--which had to be eaten by the clean.
Paschal lamb was led to the place of immolation five days before the Pasch, which is the tenth day of the moon.
He had his own thoughts as he furnished, till it was quite ready, his best upper room and carried in those pitchers of water, and handed down to his children in after days the perquisite-skin of the paschal lamb that had been supped on by our Lord and His disciples in his honoured house that night.
Passion of Christ: as clearly appears in the Paschal Lamb and such like.
Christ Himself is offered to us as the Paschal banquet, according to 1 Cor.
But the immolation of the Paschal Lamb was previous to the passage of the Red Sea, and the Manna came after it, just as the Eucharist follows Baptism.
Therefore the Manna is a more expressive figure of this sacrament than the Paschal Lamb.
Consequently, it seems that that sacrifice was a more significant figure of this sacrament than was the Paschal Lamb.
Nevertheless, since this sacrament is to be received daily, whereas the Paschal Lamb was not, it is therefore necessary for other hosts to be reserved for the sick.
With the two young knights came their old tutor from Castle Cynfyn, Father Paschal Didier.
Though Sir Se and Sir Jovett did not always accompany him, as Earl Keryell made increasing use of their services, Paschal brought letters from both young men when he could, and almost always from Ahern.
Father Paschal set for them each time he came to visit and also the leisure to pursue the artistic potentials being developed by their convent training.
Alyce and the priest, but when her lips parted to actually speak, Paschal shook his head and came to brush his fingertips lightly across her forehead, exerting control.
Mass that followed, wondering how many others within these walls were aware of that ancient Deryni custom besides those Father Paschal had told.
Father Paschal reached across to set his hand on her shoulder, extending controls.