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Passover supper

Passover supper

5.9
A special family meal on the first night of Passover with traditional foods and rituals
  • noun
  • /ˈpæsˌoʊvər ˈsʌpər/
translation icon : Seder
  • During the Passover supper, we remember the Exodus by reading from the Haggadah and eating matzah.

Examples

  • The children asked the Four Questions during the Passover supper.

  • We invited friends to join us for the Passover supper on the first night of the festival.

  • Our family gathers for the Passover supper every year to celebrate our traditions.

  • We had a lovely Passover supper last night.

  • Did you enjoy the Passover supper at Grandma's?

  • Every year, our family gathers to share the Passover supper, filled with traditional foods and stories of our heritage.

  • Guests were excited to attend the Passover supper, where they would enjoy specially prepared dishes and participate in age-old rituals.

Synonyms

Seder
vsPassover supper
10 7.9

A special dinner on the first night of Passover with set actions and symbolic foods

is the English phrase used by families for the same ceremonial meal

Surface Forms

Passover supper singular
Passover suppers plural

Morphology

Passover + supper

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Passover' names a Jewish festival and 'supper' denotes an evening meal, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer this refers to the meal held during Passover. Cultural specifics and ritual details are not deducible from the words, but the basic referent (a festival evening meal) is transparent.

Etymology

Passover supper comes from a Jewish tradition of having a special supper on Passover to remember when their ancestors left Egypt. Families eat foods that stand for parts of the story and follow small 'rituals', so the phrase means a 'special family meal' that remembers that event.