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What does Easter mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Easter? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging from March 22 to April 25.
  2. Eastertide
  3. (obsolete) The Jewish Passover.
  4. (paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara and celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April. Also known as Eostre.
Name
  1. A female given name of English and Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the holiday.
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In his confession, Fawkes claimed that he was approached by Thomas Wintour in the Easter of 1604 to join the plotters.
Youngsters across Swindon have been celebrating Easter with special events at nurseries and playgroups.
On Easter Sunday, many flock to church sporting their Sunday best, celebrating Christ's resurrection.
Another weekend has flown past and Easter is looming up pretty fast again this year.
The fixing of the date of Easter was causing a lot of controversy in the church in Ireland just before the middle of the seventh century.
I'm heading 5373 miles west to spend Easter in fogbound San Francisco, because I can.

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