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ˈEaster-ˈday
For forms see easter.
[OE. éastor-dæᵹ, f. éastor- combining form of éastron, Easter; some of the ME. and early mod. forms are f. the genit. or nom.]
Easter Sunday.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 45 Uwilc sunne-dei is to locan alswa ester dei. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 Forte þene þuresdai biforen estrene dai. Ibid. 99 Þis dai is cleped estre dai. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxxi. (1495) 367 Eester daye is tyme of gladnesse. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (1835) 180 On esterne day next folwyng. 1480Caxton Descr. Brit. 29 He helde vnlawfully esterday. 1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 53 He sawe..Criste rysen vpon Estern Day. a1641Suckling Ballad Wedding Poems (1648) 38 No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. |