Paschal Lamb

See also: paschal lamb

English

WOTD – 5 April 2010

Stained glass depiction of Paschal Lamb

Paschal Lamb (plural Paschal Lambs)

(historical) The lamb eaten at Passover.
- c.1530, John Frith, "The Paschal Lamb and our Sacrament are here Compared Together"
  The Paschal Lamb was instituted and eaten the night before the children of Israel were indeed delivered from Egypt.
(figuratively) Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 (New International Version)
  Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch--as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
(heraldry) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).
- 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362
  […] but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant.

the lamb eaten at Passover

Czech: velikonoční beránek m
Finnish: pääsiäislammas
French: agneau pascal (fr) m, pâque (fr) f, Pâque (fr) f
German: Passahlamm n, Passalamm n, Passah (de) n, Passa (de) n, Paschalamm n (pás-cha), Pessachlamm n, Pascha (de) n, Pessach (de) n, Osterlamm (de) n

Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice

German: Passahlamm n, Passalamm n, Passah (de) n, Passa (de) n, Paschalamm n (pás-cha), Pessachlamm n, Pascha (de) n, Pessach (de) n, Osterlamm (de) n
Russian: Агнец Божий (ru) m (Agnec Božij)
Spanish: Cordero de Dios

heraldry: a lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag