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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pasover, Pass(e)-, n. [e.m.E. passeouer (1530).] The Passover, the Jewish feast. Also attrib. with parlour. —1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel 62.
If the eating [of the Pascal lamb] had bene omitted … the whole action of the Pasouer wes but a sacrifice 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xviii.
The Lord's Kirk is to vs … our Passeouer parlor
