Atonement vs Easter - What's the difference?
atonement | easter |
A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
(Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.
Eastertide
(obsolete) The Jewish passover.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
(paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara and celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April. Also known as Eostre.
As nouns the difference between atonement and easter
is that atonement is a repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship while Easter is a Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.As an adjective easter is
eastern.atonement
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(en noun)Derived terms
* blood atonement * limited atonement * vicarious atonementSee also
* penance, expiation * Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday) * adunatio * (pedia) English words prefixed with at-easter
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(wikipedia Easter)Noun
(en noun)- We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.
- After two dayes folowed ester , and the dayes of swete breed.