Word Meanings - ANTEPASCHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

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• PASSOVER
  A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. The sacrifice offered at
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• EASTER LILY
  which bloom about Easter; specif.: The common white lily , called also Annunciation lily. The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. The daffodil . The Atamasco lily.
• EASTER
  to G. ostern; fr. AS. Eástre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was 1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• EASTERNMOST
  Most eastern.
• BEFOREHAND
  1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
• EASTERLY
  1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind. 2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
• EASTERLING
  The smew. (more info) 1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.
• BEFORE
  1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. Milton. 2. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when;
• EASTERN
  1. Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling. 2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. Eastern Church. See Greek
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• OLEASTER
  The wild olive tree . Any species of the genus Elæagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
• SOUTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• NORTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
• NORTHEASTERLY
  Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
• NORTHEASTER
  A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.
• HEREINBEFORE
  In the preceding part of this .
• FEASTER
  1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
• PINEASTER
  See PINASTER