Paschal Lamb

• paschal lamb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæs.kəl ˈlæm/, /ˈpɑːs.kəl ˈlæm/

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Paschal Lamb (plural Paschal Lambs)

1. (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.

2. (figuratively) Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice.
3. (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.

• (Jesus as sacrifice): Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, Passover Lamb, Passover lamb
• (heraldry): Holy Lamb, Agnus Dei

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