: a feast that commemorates Christ's resurrection and is observed with variations of date due to different calendars on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon
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Just last month, the victim of Munchausen by proxy shared an Easter snapshot of the three of them together for the holiday.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 May 2025
Get The Recipe Ham-And-Vegetable Cobbler This casserole tastes like something Grandma would have pulled together after Easter Sunday.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
Pope Francis used final Easter address to call for Gaza ceasefire
The Maltese government said maritime authorities had received a mayday call shortly after midnight local time from a vessel outside of territorial waters, with 12 crew members and four civilians on board, reporting a fire.
—Christopher Scicluna and Ilze Filks, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Radio Free Europe 2025 was overseen by the band’s original producer Mitch Easter, who first recorded R.E.M. at his Drive-In Studio in 1981.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 2 May 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 May 2025
Get The Recipe Ham-And-Vegetable Cobbler This casserole tastes like something Grandma would have pulled together after Easter Sunday.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
Pope Francis used final Easter address to call for Gaza ceasefire
The Maltese government said maritime authorities had received a mayday call shortly after midnight local time from a vessel outside of territorial waters, with 12 crew members and four civilians on board, reporting a fire.
—Christopher Scicluna and Ilze Filks, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Radio Free Europe 2025 was overseen by the band’s original producer Mitch Easter, who first recorded R.E.M. at his Drive-In Studio in 1981.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 2 May 2025
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“Easter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Easter. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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Easter
noun
Eas·ter
ˈē-stər 
: a Christian holiday celebrating Christ's resurrection that is observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon on or after March 21
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