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Eastertide

Eastertide noun: the season from Easter Day to Whitsun, inclusive thereof.

Noun

Eastertide (uncountable)

  1. The season from Easter Day to Whitsun, inclusive thereof.
    • Meronyms: Easter, Easter Day, Easter Sunday, Holy Week, Easter Week
    • Near-synonym: Eastertime (broad sense)
    Synonyms:
    Eastertime, Easter

Synonyms of Eastertide

Origin of Eastertide

From Easter + -tide (“period surrounding a festival”).

Questions about Eastertide

What does Eastertide mean?
Eastertide means the season from Easter Day to Whitsun, inclusive thereof.
What part of speech is Eastertide?
Eastertide is a noun.

Words near Eastertide in the dictionary

  1. easternizing
  2. easternly
  3. easternmost
  4. easternness
  5. easters
  6. Eastertide
  7. Eastertime
  8. Eastertimes
  9. Easterton
  10. Easterwood
  11. Easterwoods

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