paschal lamb

noun

1. Jewish History.,  a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Exodus 12:3–11.

2. (initial capital letters),  Christ.

3. (initial capital letters),  any of several symbolic representations of Christ, as the Agnus Dei.

4. Also called Holy Lamb. (initial capital letters),  a representation of a lamb passant having around its head a nimbus and supporting on the dexter shoulder a crosslike staff bearing a flag argent charged with a cross gules.

Paschal Lamb

noun

1. (sometimes not capitals) Old Testament the lamb killed and eaten on the first day of the Passover

2. Christ regarded as this sacrifice

Word History and Origins

Origin of Paschal Lamb¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English

Example Sentences

These three things were, the Paschal Lamb roasted whole; two cakes of unleavened bread; and a dish of bitter herbs.

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The Paschal Lamb, which the Israelites both offer’d up, and ate as a Sacrifice, and as a Sacrament, was the Type of the Eucharist.

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Delicate white marble pillars radiate from the Paschal Lamb, which is the hub of the wheel, and three rows of tiny but beautifully-carved arches interlace and form the tracery of the window.

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So they took the position that Jesus did not eat the Passover himself, but as the Paschal Lamb, was crucified at the time the lamb was slain.

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Fraught as they were with Messianic hope, it was fitting that such a hymn should ascend to the skies in the hour when God’s Paschal Lamb was about to be offered.

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