a. Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. di- + paschal. ] Including two passovers. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Shallot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. mareschal, F. maréchal. See Marshal. ] A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. paschalis: cf. F. pascal. See Pasch. ] Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter;
Paschal candle (R. C. Ch.),
Paschal flower. See
n. [ OF. seneschal, LL. seniscalcus, of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. sineigs old, skalks, OHG. scalch, AS. scealc. Cf. Senior, Marshal. ] An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then marshaled feast
Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. tri- + paschal. ] Including three passovers. [ 1913 Webster ]