Also 7 azime. [ad. L. azȳmus adj., azyma sb. pl., a. Gr. ἄζῡμος, -μα, f. ἀ priv. + ζῡμη leaven. Cf. F. asyme adj., azymes sb.] The Jewish passover cake of unleavened bread; also in pl. the feast of unleavened bread.
[1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. lxviii. 644. Paast made onely of mele and of water hyghte Azima.]
1582. N. T. (Rhem.), 1 Cor. v. 7. Purge the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as ye are azymes [Wyclif, therf; Tindale, Genev. swete breed; 1611 unleauened]. Ibid., Mark xiv. 1. The Pasche vvas and the Azymes after tvvo daies.
1651. Rawleigh’s Apparition, 206. Peculiar ceremonies, to wit … the use of their Azimes and the obligation of their first born.
