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'''Synecdoche''' is a specific form of [[metonymy]] in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole.  Examples would include "hired hands" or "the Crown Heads of Europe," "I left my heart in Texas," etc., as the "hands," "heads," and "heart" do not refer to severed body parts, but whole people.
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'''Synecdoche''' is a specific form of [[metonymy]] in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole, in Latin "''pars pro toto''".  Examples would include "hired hands" or "the Crown Heads of Europe," "I left my heart in Texas," etc., as the "hands," "heads," and "heart" do not refer to severed body parts, but whole people.
    
In the [[Bible]], in the [[New Testament]], by synecdoche [[Passover]] was called Unleavened Bread and Unleavened Bread was called Passover. In the first century of the Christian Era Passover was also called "the first day of Unleavened Bread"<ref>.  
 
In the [[Bible]], in the [[New Testament]], by synecdoche [[Passover]] was called Unleavened Bread and Unleavened Bread was called Passover. In the first century of the Christian Era Passover was also called "the first day of Unleavened Bread"<ref>.  
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