Eastertide
Americannoun
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Easter time.
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the week following Easter.
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the 50 days between Easter and Whitsuntide.
noun
Usage
What does Eastertide mean? Eastertide is another word for Easter time, the period around Easter, the holiday on which Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter is also widely observed in secular (nonreligious) ways and is often associated with rebirth and the start of springtime, but Eastertide is typically used in religious contexts. Easter always occurs on a Sunday, and the day is sometimes called Easter Sunday. In religious contexts, Easter can also refer to the Easter season or Eastertide. Sometimes, Eastertide is considered to consist of Easter Sunday and the week after. Some branches of Christianity consider Eastertide to last for 50 days, until the day known as Pentecost or Whitsunday.
Etymology
Origin of Eastertide
1100–50; Middle English Estertyde, late Old English Eastren tyde. See Easter, tide 1
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