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  • 11week — [wēk] n. [ME weke < OE wicu with lengthened & lowered vowel, akin to Ger woche (OHG wohha) < IE * weig , to bend (see WEAK): basic sense “period of change”] 1. a period of seven days, esp. one beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday… …

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  • 12Easter — This article is about the Christian Festival. For secular uses, see Easter customs and Ēostre. For other uses, see Easter (disambiguation). Easter Resurrected Jesus and Mary Magdalene, by Antonio da Correggio, 1543 …

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  • 13Easter Monday — Two boys enjoy treats during the annual Easter egg roll at the White House lawn on Easter Monday, 1911 …

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  • 14Easter — /ee steuhr/, n. 1. an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on… …

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  • 15Easter Rising — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Easter Rising partof=the movement towards Irish independence caption=Proclamation of the Republic, Easter 1916 date=April 24 to April 30, 1916 place=Dublin small action in Ashbourne skirmishes in counties Galway …

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  • 16Easter bonnet — An Easter Bonnet An Easter Bonnet represents the tail end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter,[1] in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption. The Easter bonnet was fixed in popular… …

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  • 17Easter — n. 1 (also Easter Day or Sunday) the festival (held on a variable Sunday in March or April) commemorating Christ s resurrection. 2 the season in which this occurs, esp. the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Phrases and idioms: Easter egg …

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  • 18easter — n. 1 (also Easter Day or Sunday) the festival (held on a variable Sunday in March or April) commemorating Christ s resurrection. 2 the season in which this occurs, esp. the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Phrases and idioms: Easter egg …

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  • 19week — noun Etymology: Middle English weke, from Old English wicu, wucu; akin to Old High German wehha week and perhaps to Latin vicis change, alternation, Old High German wehsal exchange Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a series of 7 day cycles… …

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  • 20Easter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Easter Sunday, Easter week, Eastertide, Pascha, Pasqua (Italian), Pascua (Spanish), P?ques (French), Ostern (German), paschal festival …

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