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1. (n.) Easter
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. Easter
Eastertide.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME ester, OE ēastre)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Easter
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
2. (noun) east wind, easter, easterly
a wind from the east
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) easter
an annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask
2. (noun) easter
the day on which the festival is observed; Easter day
3. (verb) easter
to veer to the east; -- said of the wind
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. easter
an important festival of the Church commemorating the resurrection of Christ; held on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the calendar which happens on or next after 21st of March, and constituting the beginning of the ecclesiastical year; the date of it determines the dates of other movable festivals; derives its name from Eastre, a Saxon goddess, whose festival was celebrated about the same time, and to which many of the Easter customs owe their origin.
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Sense: a Christian festival held in the spring, to celebrate Christ's coming back to life after the Crucifixion.
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 Afrikaans: Pase, Paasfees |
 Arabic: عيد الفِصْح |
 Bulgarian: Великден |
 Brazilian: Páscoa |
 Czech: Velikonoce |
 German: das Ostern |
 Danish: påske |
 Greek: Πάσχα |
 Spanish: Pascua |
 Estonian: ülestõusmispühad |
 Farsi: عید پاک |
 Finnish: pääsiäinen |
 French: Pâques |
 Hebrew: חָג הַפַּסחָא |
 Hindi: ईस्टर ईसा मसीह के पुनरुत् |
 Croatian: Uskrs |
 Hungarian: húsvét |
 Indonesian: Paskah |
 Icelandic: páskar |
 Italian: Pasqua |
 Japanese: 復活祭 |
 Korean: 부활절 |
 Lithuanian: Velykos |
 Latvian: Lieldienas |
 Malay: Hari Easter |
 Dutch: Pasen |
 Norwegian: påske |
 Polish: Wielkanoc |
 Persian: عید پاک |
 Pashto: دعيسى دحلول يا بيا پيدا ك |
 Portuguese: Páscoa |
 Romanian: Paşte |
 Russian: Пасха |
 Slovak: Veľká noc |
 Slovenian: velika noč |
 Serbian: Uskrs |
 Swedish: påsk[en] |
 Thai: เทศกาลอีสเตอร์ของคริสตศาส |
 Turkish: Paskalya yortusu |
 Taiwanese: 復活節 |
 Ukrainian: Великдень; Пасха |
 Urdu: عیسی مسیح کے صلیب پر چڑھا |
 Vietnamese: lễ Phục sinh |
 Chinese: 复活节 |
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