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Easter term

British  

noun

  1. the term at the Inns of Court following the Hilary term

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hynes said he would spend time at St Anne's "early in the Easter term" and he would be available to speak to parents, carers and students.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Peterborough's Hampton Vale Primary Academy plans to install a portable pop-up pool in its playground by the Easter term, so about 400 pupils can have swimming lessons.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Marie Tempest arrived at the Royal Academy of Music in the Easter term of 1882, and remained there three years under Garcia, carrying off the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals of the Institution.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

In an Easter term football is the only thing that any respectable man will really worry about.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

One day, towards the end of the Easter term, Gordon asked Tester, rather shyly, if he would leave him alone a little.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

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