Eas·ter

(ē′stər)

1. A Christian feast commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus.

2. The day on which this feast is observed, the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after March 21.

3. Eastertide.

[Middle English ester, from Old English ēastre; see aus- in Indo-European roots.]

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Easter

(ˈiːstə)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the most important festival of the Christian Church, commemorating the Resurrection of Christ: falls on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Also called: Easter Sunday or Easter Day the day on which this festival is celebrated

3. the period between Good Friday and Easter Monday

[Old English ēastre, after a Germanic goddess Eostre; related to Old High German ōstarūn Easter, Old Norse austr to the east, Old Slavonic ustru like summer]

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Eas•ter

(ˈi stər)

n.

1. an annual Christian feast in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

2. Eastertide.

[before 900; Middle English ester, Old English ēastre]

Easter

A feast commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Easter - a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox movable feast, moveable feast - a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years Pasch, Pascha - the Christian festival of Easter
	2.	easter - a wind from the east east wind, easterly levanter - an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

Easter

noun

Related words
adjective Paschal

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Translations

Paasfees

sc=Arabعِيدُ الفِصْحعيد الفِصْح

PasquaPasqua de Resurrecció

Velikonoce

påske

Ostern OsterfestOstermond

Πάσχα

Pasko

pascua Semana Santa

sc=fa-Arab

pääsiäinen

Pâques

פסחא

Uskrs

húsvét

Paskah

páskar

Pasqua

復活祭

부활절

Festa PaschaliaPascha

Velykosmargutis

Lieldienas

PasenPaasfeest

Paşte

Veľká Noc

velika noč

påsk

วันอีสเตอร์

PaskalyaPaskalya yortusu

lễ Phục sinh

复活节

Easter

[ˈiːstəʳ]

A. N → Pascua f (de Resurrección), Semana f Santa
at Easter → por Pascua, en Semana Santa
the Easter holidays → las vacaciones de Semana Santa

B. CPD Easter bonnet N → sombrero m de primavera
Easter Day N → Domingo m de Resurrección
Easter egg N → huevo m de Pascua
Easter Island N → Isla f de Pascua
Easter Monday N → lunes m inv de Pascua de Resurrección
Easter parade N → procesión f de Semana Santa
Easter Sunday N → Domingo m de Resurrección
Easter week N → Semana f Santa

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Easter

[ˈiːstə^r]

n → Pâques fpl
We went to my grandparents' for Easter → Nous sommes allés chez mes grands-parents à Pâques.
at Easter → à Pâques
over Easter → à Pâques
happy Easter! → joyeuses Pâques!

modif [holidays] → de Pâques; [week, service] → pascal(e)
the Easter holidays → les vacances de PâquesEaster Day n → le jour de PâquesEaster egg n → œuf m de Pâques

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Easter

n → Ostern nt; at Easter → an or zu Ostern

adj attr → Oster-

Easter

Easter bunny

n → Osterhase m

Easter Day

n → Ostersonntag m

Easter egg

n → Osterei nt

Easter Island

n → Osterinsel f

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Easter

[ˈiːstəʳ]

1. n → Pasqua
at Easter → a Pasqua

2. adj (holidays) → pasquale, di Pasqua; (week) → di Pasqua

Easter

(ˈiːstə) noun

a Christian festival held in the spring, to celebrate Christ's coming back to life after the Crucifixion.

Easter egg

a decorated egg, especially one made of chocolate, eaten at Easter.

Easter

→ عِيدُ الفِصْح Velikonoce påske Ostern Πάσχα Semana Santa pääsiäinen Pâques Uskrs Pasqua 復活祭 부활절 Pasen påske Wielkanoc Páscoa Пасха påsk วันอีสเตอร์ Paskalya lễ Phục sinh 复活节

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At the end of the Easter term there were the sports, and he would be able to go in for the races; he rather fancied himself over the hurdles.

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"Well, pay in this bundle of notes this afternoon, and say you have had a great week at Liverpool and Lincoln; then ask them if they can do with your silver while you run over to Paris for a merry Easter. I should tell them it's rather heavy - a lot of old family stuff that you've a good mind to leave with them till you marry and settle down."

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`I'm twelve,' he panted, looking not at me but at her; `I'm twelve years old, and I was born on Easter Day!'

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First, during the ceremonies on Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified, the cross which stood all the year above the altar, bearing the Savior's figure, was taken down and laid beneath the altar, a dramatic symbol of the Death and Burial; and two days later, on 'the third day' of the Bible phraseology, that is on Easter Sunday, as the story of the Resurrection was chanted by the choir, the cross was uncovered and replaced, amid the rejoicings of the congregation.

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He was in the hospital from the middle of Lent till after Easter. When he was better, he remembered the dreams he had had while he was feverish and delirious.

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The Palmers were to remove to Cleveland about the end of March, for the Easter holidays; and Mrs.

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It will he a wonder if he succeeds, for it will be only hurry, hurry, with him, like the tailor on Easter Eve; and works done in a hurry are never finished as perfectly as they ought to be.

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Bennet.'-- My mind, however, is now made up on the subject, for having received ordination at Easter, I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with grateful respect towards her Ladyship, and be ever ready to perform those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England.

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You canna think o' getting married afore Easter. I'm not for long courtships, but there must be a bit o' time to make things comfortable."

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I go to Lady Stornaway after Easter; she seems in high spirits, and very happy.

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Augustine alone; and his sons, who were both in the law, and could not leave New York during the winter, always joined him for Easter and travelled back with him.

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In the second tower there were six other bells, and, finally, six smaller ones inhabited the belfry over the crossing, with the wooden bell, which rang only between after dinner on Good Friday and the morning of the day before Easter. So Quasimodo had fifteen bells in his seraglio; but big Marie was his favorite.

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