easter

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Pr

We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.

During the Easter season, the Russians are planning “a great battle in Donbas,” the Russian-occupied region in Ukraine’s far east. “This is not Christian behavior at all, as I understand it. On Easter they will kill, and they will be killed.”

Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”).

Meronyms: Easter Day, Easter Sunday

Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.

Ellipsis of Easter term.

A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.

A surname.

To celebrate Easter.

To spend the Easter season in some place.