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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

But that boy does not exist; and in the Easter term it is impossible to think of anything but house matches.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

To both the indictment and information the defendant imparled under an order to plead within the first eight days of Easter term.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile

The quarter court meeting in Easter term was a court of elections, where the members cast their votes for all principal officers by secret ballot.

From The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 by Craven, Wesley Frank

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