| From: | Eric Christopherson <eric@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 22, 1998, 4:45 |
Nik Taylor wrote:> I thought that Pascua actually meant "holy day", often specifically > Easter, but not always. In fact, isn't _Pascua Florida_ an (archaic?) > word for Easter in specific?Pascua comes from the Hebrew Pesach, meaning Passover; it probably became more generalized from its original meaning of Passover and its Christian meaning of Easter.