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easter

Eas.ter \'e--st*r\ n [ME estre, fr. OE e-astre; akin to OHG o-starun (pl.) 
   E]aster; both fr. the prehistoric WGmc name of a pagan spring festival akin 
   to OE e-ast east : a feast observed on the first Sunday after the full moon 
   on or next afte r the vernal equinox in commemoration of Christ's 
   resurrection