Faberge Egg
Beautiful, gem encrusted Easter eggs usually containing jewelry or other valuables
“I’ve once dreamed of collecting Faberge eggs but I couldn’t afford it.”
Eastre
An Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility, the English spelling pronunciation being of course “Easter”
“Eastre is usually depicted with eggs or rabbits, both a symbol of birth and abundance.”
Lent
The forty-day long religious celebration of Jesus ending on Easter Sunday
“Though Lent is forty days long, my only interest was indulging in Fat Tuesday before the first day of Lent.”
Pysanka
A Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with wax
“Jerry meticulously put layer after layer of wax on his Ukrainian egg for hours before he was finished.”
Oschter Haws
The original Easter bunny that in German folklore would come to deliver colored eggs on Easter morning
“As an Easter tradition, some kids will make nests on the eve of Easter in hopes that Oschter Haws would give them gifts of eggs and chocolate.”
Begonia
An Easter flower that means beware
“Dick was surprised and flattered when Jane had given him a red flower but hadn’t realized it was a begonia.”
Egg Roll
A game where whichever player could roll his or her egg the farthest could win
“Nineteenth president of the US Hayes was the first to implement the annual Easter Egg Roll in the White House front lawn.”
Octave of Easter
The week from Easter Sunday to the following Friday where the newly baptized would wear white for purity and joy
“After the baptism, Daniel couldn’t find any of his white clothing and wouldn’t p=walk past the church all of the Octave of Easter.”
Pesach
The Hebrew word for Passover and Easter
“The Jewish Pesach is celebrated for only seven years, apposed to the Christian, forty-day Lent.”
Beautiful, gem encrusted Easter eggs usually containing jewelry or other valuables
“I’ve once dreamed of collecting Faberge eggs but I couldn’t afford it.”
Eastre
An Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility, the English spelling pronunciation being of course “Easter”
“Eastre is usually depicted with eggs or rabbits, both a symbol of birth and abundance.”
Lent
The forty-day long religious celebration of Jesus ending on Easter Sunday
“Though Lent is forty days long, my only interest was indulging in Fat Tuesday before the first day of Lent.”
Pysanka
A Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with wax
“Jerry meticulously put layer after layer of wax on his Ukrainian egg for hours before he was finished.”
Oschter Haws
The original Easter bunny that in German folklore would come to deliver colored eggs on Easter morning
“As an Easter tradition, some kids will make nests on the eve of Easter in hopes that Oschter Haws would give them gifts of eggs and chocolate.”
Begonia
An Easter flower that means beware
“Dick was surprised and flattered when Jane had given him a red flower but hadn’t realized it was a begonia.”
Egg Roll
A game where whichever player could roll his or her egg the farthest could win
“Nineteenth president of the US Hayes was the first to implement the annual Easter Egg Roll in the White House front lawn.”
Octave of Easter
The week from Easter Sunday to the following Friday where the newly baptized would wear white for purity and joy
“After the baptism, Daniel couldn’t find any of his white clothing and wouldn’t p=walk past the church all of the Octave of Easter.”
Pesach
The Hebrew word for Passover and Easter
“The Jewish Pesach is celebrated for only seven years, apposed to the Christian, forty-day Lent.”