Easter vs Epact - What's the difference?
easter | epact |
(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.
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
As nouns the difference between easter and epact
is that 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 while epact is the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter.As an adjective easter
is eastern.easter
English
(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.