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azȳmus (azymon , Prud. Apoth. 421), a, um, adj., = ἄζυμος,
I.unleavened (very freq. in Vulg.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “azymi panes,Vulg. Exod. 12, 8; ib. Jud. 6, 21: “panis,Scrib. Comp. 133: “lagana azyma,Vulg. Lev. 2, 4; ib. 1 Par. 23, 29; and so subst.: azȳma , ōrum, n., Vulg. Exod. 12, 15; ib. Lev. 8, 2 al.
B. Esp., of the Jewish feast of unleavened bread: “dies festus azymorum,Vulg. Luc. 22, 1: “dies azymorum,ib. Act. 12, 3; 20, 6; also absol.: Erat pascha et azyma (Gr. ̂̀Ην τὸ πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα), ib. Marc. 14, 1.—
II. Trop., unleavened, i. e. morally uncorrupted, pure: “sicut estis azymi,Vulg. 1 Cor. 5, 7: “in azymis sinceritatis,ib. ib. 5, 8.
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    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 5.7
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    • New Testament, Luke, 22.1
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