antepaschal en · ADJ
Etymology
From ante- + paschal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
Other Christians, for instance, had contented themselves with celebrating only one solemn fast in the year, namely, the Antepaschal one; but Montanus enjoined his followers to observe two additional weeks, with the exception of[…]
1854, Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity During the First Three Hundred and Twenty-five Years from the Christian Era: Being a Translation of "The Commentaries on the Affairs of the Christians Before the Time of Constantine the Great.", page 506:
Translations (1)
pt pré-pascal (before Easter)