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  1. Easter
    Easter is an ancient religious festival occurring at or around the vernal equinox. It originally marked the end of the old year and the dawn of a new year and was celebrated by the Anglo-Saxons in honour of their goddess of the east who was called Easter. In Rome the sacred fire in the temple of Ves...
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  2. Easter
    [These Arms Are Snakes album] Easter is the second album by These Arms Are Snakes. It was released on October 10, 2006 on Jade Tree Records. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ===Band members=== ===Additional personnel=== ==Vinyl information== 1st Press: 2nd Press: ...
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  3. Easter
    Easter was the Saxon goddess of the east. A festival was held in her honour each spring, this festival being adopted by the Christian church as modern Easter.
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  4. Easter
    [Patti Smith Group album] Easter is an album by the Patti Smith Group, released in March 1978 on Arista Records (see 1978 in music). Produced by Jimmy Iovine, it is regarded as the group`s commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the single, "Because the Night" (co-written by Bruce S...
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  5. Easter
    [n] - a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ
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  6. Easter
    Spring feast of the Christian church, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus. It...
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  7. Easter
    This is the most important holy day of the Christian calendar. Easter Sunday commemorates the day in the springtime when the resurrection of Jesus is believed to have occurred. Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 20th, the nominal date of the Spring Equinox....
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  8. Easter
    Eas'ter noun [ Anglo-Saxon eáster , eástran , paschal feast, Easter; akin to German ostern ; from Anglo-Saxon Eástre , a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was...
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  9. Easter
    East'er intransitive verb (Nautical) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. Russell.
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  10. Easter
    noun a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
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  1. Easter
    • (n.) The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day. • (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. • (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ`s resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of...
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  2. Easter
    (from the article `Smith, Patti`) ...same time, her concerts often became sloppy and undisciplined. After Radio Ethiopia (1976) she released her most commercially successful album, ...
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  3. Easter
    principal festival of the Christian church that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. The earliest ... [18 related articles]
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  4. Easter
    Easter is a English mixed name. The meaning of the name is `born at Easter` Where is it used? The name Easter is mainly used In English. This name comes from the Saxon word (Eostre) , denoting a goddess of the Saxons, In honor of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover Easter d...
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  5. Easter
    Easter marks the end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of the Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending wit...
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  6. Easter
    Easter [A.S. Eastre, name of a spring goddess], chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. In the West, Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the full moon next after the vernal equinox (see calendar); thus, it falls between Mar. 22 and Apr. 25. The ...
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  7. Easter
    Click images to enlargeSpring feast of the Christian church, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus. It is a moveable feast, falling on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox (21 March); that is, between 22 March and 25 April. The English name derives from Eostre, ...
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  8. Easter
    [play] Easter (Påsk) is a symbolic religious drama from 1901 by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play was produced by the Stockholm ensemble Intima Teatern, which also toured other Scandinavian countries, including performances of Påsk in Kristiania. It was the first of Strindberg...
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  9. Easter
    [Marillion song] Easter is a song from English progressive rock band Marillion`s 1989 album Seasons End, issued as a single in 1990. ==Track listing== ===7" and cassette version=== ===12" version=== ===12" version 2=== ===CD version=== ==Chart positions== ==Personnel== ...
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  10. Easter
    Easter, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is an important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33. Easter also refers to the season of the church...
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  11. easter
    1) ... egg 2) ... sunday 3) A time to dye? 4) Bonnet time 5) Break time 6) Cactus or egg 7) Day for a hunt 8) Day for bonnets 9) Easter 10) Egg hunt holiday 11) Egg roll time 12) Egg rolling time 13) Egg-rolli...
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