Latin Pascha

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Latin *Pascha* is the term derived from Hebrew and Greek roots that came to denote the Christian celebration of Easter and, more broadly, the Passover-related feast.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Latin Pascha canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious term ⓘ
Latin noun ⓘ
liturgical term ⓘ
appearsIn Latin ecclesiastical writings ⓘ
Latin liturgical books ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
associatedWith Paschal Triduum ⓘ
Paschal feast ⓘ
Paschal mystery ⓘ
category Christian liturgical vocabulary ⓘ
Latin ecclesiastical Latin terms ⓘ
contrastsWith Germanic-derived term Easter in English ⓘ
denotes Christian celebration of Easter ⓘ
Passover-related feast ⓘ
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Greek Πάσχα ⓘ
Hebrew פֶּסַח (Pesach) ⓘ
linked to: Passover
hasGrammaticalGender neuter in Latin ⓘ
hasNumberForm plural form Pascha ⓘ
singular form ⓘ
historicalUsagePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Italian Pasqua ⓘ
Old French Pasques ⓘ
Portuguese Páscoa ⓘ
Romance-language words for Easter ⓘ
Romanian Paști ⓘ
linked to: Feast of Pascha

Spanish Pascua ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
liturgicalDayAssociation Easter Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Easter
liturgicalSeasonAssociation Easter season ⓘ
linked to: Easter
refersToEvent Passover of the Lord ⓘ
linked to: Passover

resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
relatedTo Christian Easter ⓘ
linked to: Easter

Jewish Passover ⓘ
linked to: Passover
semanticField Easter ⓘ
Passover ⓘ
feast ⓘ
usedIn Latin Christian theology ⓘ
Latin liturgy ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
usedToTranslate Greek Πάσχα in Christian texts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pascual → etymologicalRoot → Latin Pascha ⓘ