"of or pertaining to Passover or Easter," early 15c., from Old Frenchpaschal(12c.) and directly from Late Latinpaschalis, frompascha"Passover, Easter," from Greekpascha"Passover," from Aramaic (Semitic)pasha"pass over," corresponding to Hebrewpesah, frompasah"he passed over" (seePassover...
PhraseMonday morning quarterbackis attested from 1932, Monday being the first day back at work after the weekend, where school and college football games played over the weekend were discussed.Black Monday(late 14c.) is the Monday after Easter day, though how it got its reputation for bad luck...
) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesimal (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. Quadragesimals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother ...
software noun (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory soldier noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army solid noun matter that is solid at room tem...
What is now Christmas is the rebirth of the sun-god -- and what is now Easter was the worship of the moon goddess Ishtar and the resurrection of the sun-god (see Easter vs Passover). That the initiates of the ancient mystery religions were called Christians prior to the time of ...
At Easter it is declared Death is fleeting, it’s Not the End, only The Beginning and We all are granted Reasons for living Life is bonded to Christ Through this symbol of baptism The past does not define Limits cannot defy Fear cannot despise ...
nothing made sense, nothing would work and nobody’s ideas were any good. It affected my sleep because I was too restless and anxious to sleep. It affected my weight because I ate about half a bag of Hershey’s chocolate Easter Eggs. It affected me. It was just under the surface all...
After the Easter Weekend we can see that our promotion had a lot of success. And brought new customers. And after the analisation of the feedback form we gave to each customer we can say that our brand recognition strategy was effective, now in the area of Brisbane we have an increase...
t.) To harden. Obdure (a.) Alt. of Obdured Obdured (a.) Obdurate; hard. Obdureness (n.) Alt. of Obduredness Obduredness (n.) Hardness. Obbe (n.) See Obi. Obeah (n.) Same as Obi. Obeah (a.) Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man. Obedible (a.) Obedient. ...
Holy Week 1710 the week leading up to Easter, including the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection home rule 1855[84] self-government on an issue at a local level, as in curriculum in education being established by a school district rather than the state or federal government homemaker 1876 ...