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Paschal lamb

//ˈpæs.kəl ˈlæm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The lamb eaten at Passover. historical

    "The Paschal Lamb was instituted and eaten the night before the children of Israel were indeed delivered from Egypt."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Paschal Lamb. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ wordnet
  4. 4
    Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice. figuratively
  5. 5
    A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).

    "[…]but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant."

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