Easter vs Eastern - What's the difference?
easter | eastern |
(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.
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
(of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
(loosely) Oriental.
As adjectives the difference between easter and eastern
is that easter is eastern while eastern is of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.As a noun 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.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.
See also
* pace * Pasch * Passover * Passion Sunday * Palm Sunday * Maundy Thursday * Good FridayAnagrams
*eastern
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Adjective
(en adjective)- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.