easter meaning

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Easter (Old English usually Ēastrun, -on, or -an; also Ēastru, -o; and Ēostre), also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, from Aramaic: פסחא‎, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ) or Resurrection Sunday,
The week before Easter is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the sun; rather,

Definition of easter in English Dictionary

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1. (obsolete) Eastern.
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1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - n this year the King William held his court at Xmas in Glocester, and at Easter in Winchester, and at Pentecost in Westminster.
  - Next Saturday night, a traditional Greek Easter dinner will include roasted lamb and magiritsa, the traditional egg-lemon soup.
  - On his third full-length record, Every Dog Has Its Day, prodigy producer and ultrapop songster Mitch Easter continues his search for the perfect hook.