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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
   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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3. Easter
   [n] - a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ
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4. Easter
   Spring feast of the Christian church, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus. It...
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Easter
   East'er intransitive verb (Nautical) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. Russell.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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, Anglo-Saxon goddess of...
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15. Easter
    `Easter` ( Pesaḥ) is the central feast in the Christianity|Christian publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2004 | pages = 64–78 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=4Mmmvol6DvkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q= | isbn = 0195171543 -->--> According to the Canonical go...
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16. Easter
    (play) `Easter` () is a symbolic religious drama from 1901 by Swedish playwright encyclopedia=Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon |url=http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/22/0461.html |language=Danish |editor=Brøndum-Nielsen, Johs.; Raunkjær, Palle |edition=2 |volume=XXII |year=1927 |pa...
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