Easter Synonyms

ēstər
A wind from the east
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. easter-sunday
  2. Easter week
  3. eastertide
  4. pascha
  5. passover
  6. Pasqua (Italian)
  7. Pascua (Spanish)
  8. east-wind
  9. Pâques (French)
  10. Ostern (German)
  11. paschal festival
  12. Pâques (French)
  13. easterly
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. lenten
  2. paschal
  3. quadragesimal

Words Related to Easter

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Easter Sentence Examples

  • It's Easter morning and we're on our way to church.

  • There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic Fathers.

  • About the same time the cycle of paschal solemnities was extended to the ninth week before Easter by the institution of stational masses for Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima Sundays.

  • In the Roman Catholic Church the vigil is now usually celebrated on the morning of the day preceding the festival, except at Christmas, when a midnight mass is celebrated, and on Easter Eve.

  • The burning of the paschal candle still forms part of the Easter ceremonial of the Roman Catholic Church.

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