البَاعُوثُ
Root: بعث
Full Definition
البَاعُوثُ
, or, accord. to some, البَاغُوتُ, q. v., with the pointed غ and the double-pointed ت, [The Christian festival of Easter;] the
اِسْتِسْقَآء
of the Christians; or [rather] what is to the Christians as the
استسقآء
is to the Muslims: a Syriac word.