A large candle blessed and lit on Holy Saturday and placed by the altar until Pentecost.
〔基督教〕复活节蜡烛（于复活节前一周的星期六点燃，置于圣坛边直到复活节后的第七个星期日）
Example sentencesExamples
Here are the instructions for making the paschal candle.
Everyone looks forward to the helium balloon ‘cloud’ suspended high over the paschal candle.
A paschal candle can enrich your family's observance of the Easter season, by bringing the 'light of the world' into your home in a concrete way.
If we have not extinguished the paschal candle on Ascension, we may do so during the reading from Acts as the Holy Spirit roars through the assembly.
Easter Sunday celebrations this weekend will start at 9.30 am with the lighting of new fire and a procession with the paschal candle, followed by a sung Eucharist.
Definition of paschal candle in US English:
paschal candle
nounˈpaskəl
Christian Church
A large candle blessed and lit on Holy Saturday and placed by the altar until Pentecost.
〔基督教〕复活节蜡烛（于复活节前一周的星期六点燃，置于圣坛边直到复活节后的第七个星期日）
Example sentencesExamples
A paschal candle can enrich your family's observance of the Easter season, by bringing the 'light of the world' into your home in a concrete way.
Here are the instructions for making the paschal candle.
Everyone looks forward to the helium balloon ‘cloud’ suspended high over the paschal candle.
Easter Sunday celebrations this weekend will start at 9.30 am with the lighting of new fire and a procession with the paschal candle, followed by a sung Eucharist.
If we have not extinguished the paschal candle on Ascension, we may do so during the reading from Acts as the Holy Spirit roars through the assembly.