英语词汇“Easter offerings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Easter /ēˈstər/

noun

A Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Christ, held on the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox (21 March)

The period during which the festival takes place, thought of as running from Good Friday to Easter Monday

ORIGIN: OE ēastre; Ger Ostern; Bede derives the word from Eostre (variant of Eastre), a goddess whose festival was held at the spring equinox

Easter cactus noun

A S American cactus having coral-coloured flowers

Easter Day noun

The day of the Easter festival, also Easter Sunday

Easter dues or Easter offerings plural noun

Customary sums of money paid to the priest by his congregation at Easter

Easter egg noun

A painted, decorated, stained or artificial egg, now esp made of chocolate, given as a present at Easter
An undocumented sequence of code in a computer program activated by a specific set of keystrokes, intended as a joke or often to identify the authors (computing)

Easter lily noun

Any of several white-flowered lilies

Easter Monday noun

The day after Easter Day, observed as a public holiday

Eastˈertide or Eastˈertime noun