البَاعُوثُ

, (L, K,) or, according to some, البَاغُوتُ, q. v., with the pointed غ and the double-pointed ت, (TA,) [The Christian festival of Easter;] the اِسْتِسْقَاء of the Christians; (K;) or [rather] what is to the Christians as the استسقاء is to the Muslims: a Syriac word. (L.)

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