Definition of Easter Sunday

1. Noun. The day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated.

Exact synonyms: Easter Day
Generic synonyms: Christian Holy Day

Definition of Easter Sunday

1. Proper noun. (Christianity) Easter Day, a Christian religious moveable holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Sunday

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Easter
Easter Bunny
Easter Day
Easter Island
Easter Islander
Easter Monday
Easter Moon
Easter Sunday (current term)
Easter bunny
Easter cactus
Easter card
Easter daisy
Easter egg
Easter egg hunt
Easter egg hunts
Easter egg roll
Easter eggs
Easter giant
Easter giants
Easter lily
Easter lily vine
Easterling

Literary usage of Easter Sunday

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana, Charles Welsh (1907)
"THE next Sunday was Easter Sunday, and as there had been no liberty at San Pedro, it was our turn to go ashore and misspend another Sabbath. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are called by the older ... On Easter Sunday the Armenian Church keeps the Commemoration of All the Faithful ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Required the day on which Easter Sunday falls in tho year 18405 lei, For this year the golden number is /—^~\- 17, and the epact (Table Ш. line C) is 26. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Hence Easter Sunday cannot happen earlier than the 22nd of March, or later than the 25th of April. Hence we derive the following rule for finding Easier ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"The service on this day in the old English Surum Use was the same as on Easter Sunday ; and the rubric expressly says, "Ad Missam omnia fiant sicut in die ..."

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