Easter
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Easter/ˈiːstə(r)/
▶noun the festival of the Christian Church celebrating the resurrection of Christ, held (in the Western Church) on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.
– origin OE ēastre, of Gmc origin and rel. to east; perh. from Ēastre, a goddess assoc. with spring.
'Easter' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ascension Day
- Easter bunny
- Easter Day
- Easter egg
- Eastertide
- golden number
- Good Friday
- Hocktide
- Holy Saturday
- Holy Week
- Lent
- Low Sunday
- Maundy
- Palm Sunday
- paschal
- pasque flower
- Quinquagesima
- rongorongo
- simnel cake
- spring break
- Trinity term
- Whit Sunday
