easter
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1. easter - Noun
2. easter - Adjective
3. easter - Verb
4. Easter - Proper noun
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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.
The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.
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According to a 2014 poll, 6 of 10 Norwegians travel during Easter, often to a countryside cottage; 3 of 10 said their typical Easter included skiing.
According to Eusebius, a number of synods were convened to deal with the controversy, which he regarded as all ruling in support of Easter on Sunday.
A clue to how they would have met lies in the 1659 Easter census, which lists the Ferraboschi family four houses away from the Amati residence.
Across Quebec, at noon today and on Sundays from now until Easter, church bells will peal — not to welcome church-goers to mass and Sunday services, but to send a message of hope and mutual support that can be heard far and wide.
According to www.Allowe.com, Vivendi Games excluded Love for Sail! from the collection in fear that the hidden Easter egg ending would give the collection an Adults Only rating.
According to Cuthbert, Bede fell ill, "with frequent attacks of breathlessness but almost without pain", before Easter.