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Easter

19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Easter (noun)
  2. Easter anemone (noun)
  3. Easter bell (noun)
  4. Easter cactus (noun)
  5. Easter candle (noun)
  6. Easter daisy (noun)
  7. Easter duty (noun)
  8. Easter egg (noun)
  9. Easter Even (noun)
  10. Easter flower (noun)
  11. Easter lily (noun)
  12. Easter mackerel (noun)
  13. Easter Monday (noun)
  14. Easter sepulcher (noun)
  15. Easter Sunday (noun)
  16. Easter term (noun)
  17. Easter water (noun)
  18. Easter Island (geographical name)
  19. down-easter (noun)

Eas·ter

noun \ˈē-stər\

Definition of EASTER

: a feast that commemorates Christ's resurrection and is observed with variations of date due to different calendars on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon
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Origin of EASTER

Middle English estre, from Old English ēastre; akin to Old High German ōstarun (plural) Easter, Old English ēast east
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with EASTER

Dniester, feaster, keister, leister

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