Passover definition by Wordo

Proper noun

The

one-day

Biblical

feast

or

festival

(

not

a

holy day

)

that

begins

at

twilight

at

the

beginning

of

the

fourteenth

day

of

the

first

month

(

Abib

14

/

Nisan

14

),

during

which

the

first-born

sons

of

the

Israelites

were

passed

over

while

those

of

the

Egyptians

were

killed

;

this

feast

day

is

then

immediately

followed

by

the

seven-day

Feast

of

Unleavened

Bread

(

Nisan

15

to

21

;

the

first

and

seventh

days

are

holy days

or

annual

or

yearly

Sabbaths

).