Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - easter
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Easter
easter
noun Etymology: Middle English estre, from Old English eastre; akin to Old High German ostarun (plural) ~, Old English east east Date: before 12th century a feast that commemorates Christ's resurrection and is observed with variations of date due to different calendars on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon
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n. 1 (also Easter Day or Sunday) the festival (held on a variable Sunday in March or April) commemorating Christ's resurrection. 2 the season in which this occurs, esp. the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Phrases and idioms Easter egg an artificial usu. chocolate egg given at Easter, esp. to children. Easter week the week beginning on Easter Sunday. Etymology: OE eastre app. f. Eostre, a goddess associated with spring, f. Gmc EASTERLY adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. 1 in an eastern position or direction. 2 (of a wind) blowing from the east. --n. (pl. -ies) a wind blowing from the east. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. церк. пасха Easter Sunday (Day) —- первый день пасхи Easter Monday —- второй день пасхи Easter holidays —- пасхальные каникулы Easter week —- пасхальная неделя Easter egg —- пасхальное яйцо (крашеное, шоколадное) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(Easters) Easter is a Christian festival when Jesus Christ’s return to life is celebrated. It is celebrated on a Sunday in March or April. ‘Happy Easter,’ he yelled. ...the first Easter morning. N-VAR: oft N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a Christian holy day in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life 2 the period of time just before and after this (We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from P.Gmc. *Austron, a goddess of fertility and sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *austra-, from PIE *aus- "to shine" (especially of the dawn). Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Ultimately related to east. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of L. Pasche to name this holiday. Easter Island so called because it was discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday, 1722. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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