Easter /(ēs"tẽr)/

Eas·ter

Easter

n.
  1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pascha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, pâque, or pask.
  2. The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
    Sundays by thee more glorious break, An Easter day in every week.

Phrases & Compounds
Easter dues
money due to the clergy at Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for personal labor and subject to exaction. For Easter dues, Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.
Easter egg
A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.

Easter

v. i.
  1. To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. (Naut.)