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