ˈi:stə 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. øEaster egg an
artificial usu.
chocolate egg
given at Easter, esp. to
children. Easter
week the week
beginning on Easter Sunday. [OE eastre app. f. Eostre, a
goddess associated
with spring, f. Gmc]