week+before+Easter
11Holy Week — week before Easter (Christian holiday) …
12Holy Week — (Latin: Hebdomada Sancta or Maior Hebdomada , Greater Week ) in Christianity is the last week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday (or in the …
13Easter Saturday — or Bright Saturday is the Saturday after the Christian festival of Easter, also called Saturday in Easter week. Holy Saturday is often incorrectly called Easter Saturday. Confusion is probably caused because they are both a week apart. In… …
14Easter Triduum — Easter Triduum, Holy Triduum, or Paschal Triduum is a term used by some Christian churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, and many Anglicans, to denote, collectively, the three days from the evening of Holy Thursday …
15Easter Controversy — • The dispute regarding the proper time of observing Easter Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Easter Controversy Easter Controversy …
16Easter egg — Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with… …
17Holy Week — Holy Ho ly, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See… …
18great week — noun Usage: usually capitalized G&W Etymology: translation of Late Greek megalē hebdomas : holy week used in the early church and now especially in the Eastern Church * * * Eastern Ch. See Holy Week. [1650 60; trans. of LGk megalé hebdomás] * * * …
19Holy Week — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Holy Week : singular Holy Week plural Holy Weeks in the Christian religion, the week before Easter Sunday …
20Holy Week — noun the week before Easter • Syn: ↑Passion Week • Hypernyms: ↑week, ↑hebdomad • Part Holonyms: ↑church calendar, ↑ecclesiastical calendar …
