Easter Monday
noun
: the Monday after Easter observed as a legal holiday in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and in North Carolina
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The conclave voted to select him just days after the death of Pope Francis, who died at 88 on Easter Monday.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
In the days since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, amid the mourning, marveling at the ecclesiastical opulence, and the reveling in what felt like the Catholic Super Bowl, the divine mystique of the whole affair has drawn the world in.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Key Background Francis died at age 88 on Easter Monday, April 21, following a bout of health issues, which led to his longest hospital stay while pope.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Vance met with Pope Francis just a few hours before the pontiff's death on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 8 May 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
In the days since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, amid the mourning, marveling at the ecclesiastical opulence, and the reveling in what felt like the Catholic Super Bowl, the divine mystique of the whole affair has drawn the world in.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Key Background Francis died at age 88 on Easter Monday, April 21, following a bout of health issues, which led to his longest hospital stay while pope.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Vance met with Pope Francis just a few hours before the pontiff's death on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 8 May 2025
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“Easter Monday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Easter%20Monday. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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