Easter
21Easter — noun /ˈiː.stə,ˈiː.stɚ/ a) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox We spent each of the pas …
22Easter */ — UK [ˈiːstə(r)] / US [ˈɪstər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Easter : singular Easter plural Easters a) a Sunday in March or April when Christians celebrate the time when Jesus Christ died then returned to life according to the Bible b)… …
23Easter — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter… …
24Easter — The word is used by AV for the annual commemoration of Jesus resurrection at Acts 12:4; modern versions prefer ‘Passover’. Easter soon became the chief festival of the early Church, and by the 3rd cent. it was preceded by a night vigil. At dawn… …
25Easter — /ˈistə / (say eestuh) noun 1. an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or next after 21 March (the vernal equinox) or, by some Orthodox or… …
26Easter — This word (seemingly derived from Austron, a Germanic goddess of sunrise and fertility, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox) refers to the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus, which for Christians is the feast of feasts. The… …
27Éaster — n (Éastres/Éastru) 1. of the Christian festival, Easter, the feast of Easter; 2. of the Jewish festival, the Passover, the paschal lamb; 3. of the season of the year, spring; [in W.S., the weak pl is almost always used; in the North, singular and …
28Easter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Easter Sunday, Easter week, Eastertide, Pascha, Pasqua (Italian), Pascua (Spanish), P?ques (French), Ostern (German), paschal festival …
29Easter — East|er [ istər ] noun count or uncount * a Sunday in March or April when Christians celebrate the time when Jesus Christ died then returned to life according to the Bible a. the holiday period that includes Easter day: The kids get two weeks off …
30Easter — An annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ. The date of the festival, as fixed by the first Council of Christian Churches in Nicaea in 325 A. D., is the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or… …
