a. rare. [f. ANTE + pascha passover, Easter + -AL 1.] Coming before the Jewish Passover, or before Easter.
1660. Jer. Taylor, Duct. Dubit., III. iv. xiii. § 17. 282. Some did onely observe three weeks of five days to the week, out of the number of the seven antepaschal weeks.
1704. Nelson, Fest. & Fasts, i. II. (1739), 445. Concerning the ending of the Ante-paschal Fast.
