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Pasque
(gcide) | Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.]
See Pasch.
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Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs
with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early
spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called
also campana.
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pasque
(gcide) | Easter \Eas"ter\ ([=e]s"t[~e]r), n. [AS. e['a]ster, e['a]stran,
paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E['a]stre,
a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was
celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS.
E['a]sterm[=o]na[eth]. From the root of E. east. See East.]
1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's
resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day
after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pascha or
passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this
name under the various forms of pascha, pasque,
{p[^a]que}, or pask.
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2. The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
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Note: Easter is used either adjectively or as the first
element of a compound; as, Easter day or Easter-day,
Easter Sunday, Easter week, Easter gifts, Easter eggs.
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Sundays by thee more glorious break,
An Easter day in every week. --Keble.
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Note: Easter day, on which the rest of the movable feasts
depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth
day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls
on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the
rules laid down for the construction of the calendar;
so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday,
Easter day is the Sunday after. --Eng. Cyc.
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Easter dues (Ch. of Eng.), money due to the clergy at
Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for
personal labor and subject to exaction. For Easter dues,
Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.
Easter egg.
(a) A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.
(b) An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine
material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry
or the like, used as an Easter present.
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pasqueflower
(encz) | pasqueflower,koniklec n: Zdeněk Brož |
pasque
(gcide) | Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.]
See Pasch.
[1913 Webster]
Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs
with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early
spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called
also campana.
[1913 Webster]Easter \Eas"ter\ ([=e]s"t[~e]r), n. [AS. e['a]ster, e['a]stran,
paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E['a]stre,
a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was
celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS.
E['a]sterm[=o]na[eth]. From the root of E. east. See East.]
1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's
resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day
after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pascha or
passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this
name under the various forms of pascha, pasque,
{p[^a]que}, or pask.
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2. The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
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Note: Easter is used either adjectively or as the first
element of a compound; as, Easter day or Easter-day,
Easter Sunday, Easter week, Easter gifts, Easter eggs.
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Sundays by thee more glorious break,
An Easter day in every week. --Keble.
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Note: Easter day, on which the rest of the movable feasts
depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth
day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls
on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the
rules laid down for the construction of the calendar;
so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday,
Easter day is the Sunday after. --Eng. Cyc.
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Easter dues (Ch. of Eng.), money due to the clergy at
Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for
personal labor and subject to exaction. For Easter dues,
Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.
Easter egg.
(a) A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.
(b) An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine
material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry
or the like, used as an Easter present.
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Pasque flower
(gcide) | Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.]
See Pasch.
[1913 Webster]
Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs
with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early
spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called
also campana.
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american pasqueflower
(wn) | American pasqueflower
n 1: short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or
lilac flowers; North America and Siberia [syn: {American
pasqueflower}, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus,
lion's beard, prairie anemone, blue tulip, {American
pulsatilla}, Pulsatilla patens, Anemone ludoviciana] |
eastern pasque flower
(wn) | Eastern pasque flower
n 1: short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or
lilac flowers; North America and Siberia [syn: {American
pasqueflower}, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus,
lion's beard, prairie anemone, blue tulip, {American
pulsatilla}, Pulsatilla patens, Anemone ludoviciana] |
european pasqueflower
(wn) | European pasqueflower
n 1: European perennial having usually violet or white spring
flowers [syn: European pasqueflower, {Pulsatilla
vulgaris}, Anemone pulsatilla] |
pasque flower
(wn) | pasque flower
n 1: any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in
genus Anemone [syn: pasqueflower, pasque flower] |
pasqueflower
(wn) | pasqueflower
n 1: any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in
genus Anemone [syn: pasqueflower, pasque flower] |
western pasqueflower
(wn) | Western pasqueflower
n 1: of western North America [syn: Western pasqueflower,
Pulsatilla occidentalis, Anemone occidentalis] |
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