Passover
Pronunciation : Pass"o`ver
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Pass + over. See Pasch.] (Jewish Antiq.) (a) 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 o
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913