Phase

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Phase, n. indecl.,

I the Passover , a Jewish feast commemorative of the rescue of the first-born among the Jews from the destruction which visited the Egyptians: est enim Phase (id est transitus) Domini, Vulg. Exod. 12, 11: factum est Phase, id. 4 Reg. 23, 22.—

II Transf., the sacrifice offered at the Passover , the paschal lamb : immolare, Vulg. 2 Par. 35, 11; id. Deut. 16, 2.

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