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Easter
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The Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, held in spring.
"We always visit family at Easter."
"The kids hunted for chocolate eggs on Easter morning."
How to Use Easter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe spring holiday marking the resurrection of Jesus in Christian tradition.
Common pairings
Easter Sunday
Easter eggs
happy Easter
Word Forms
Eastered past tense, eastered past tense, easters plural, Easters singular, easters singular
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Etymology
From Old English ēastre, likely tied to Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess associated with spring and dawn — despite a popular myth, it is not related to the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar.