Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Passover (n.) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.
(2) - Passover (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.

(1) - Passport (n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
(2) - Passport (n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
(3) - Passport (n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
(4) - Passport (n.) Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

(1) - Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.