Easter term

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English ester term (“Christian season of Easter; spring quarter of the year”), from ester (“Easter”) + term, terme (“limit of a span of time; point in time”). Ester is derived from Old English ēastre, apparently from Ēastre (name of a goddess whose festival was celebrated at the vernal equinox), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”); terme is borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”) (whence also thrum). By surface analysis, Easter +‎ term. The Christian feast day of Easter, which falls between 22 March and 25 April, often occurs during this term. As regards sense 1 (“fourteenth day of the first lunar month of spring”), Easter is the first Sunday following this day. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiːstə tɜːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈistəɹ ˌtɜɹm/ Hyphenation: Eas‧ter term === Noun === Easter term (plural Easter terms) (historical) Synonym of Paschal term (“the fourteenth day of the first lunar month of spring, formerly used in calculating dates”). (law) The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases. Coordinate terms: Hilary term, Michaelmas term, Trinity term (by extension, education) The summer term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Trinity term at the universities of Oxford and Dublin. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates. Coordinate terms: Lent term, Michaelmas term ==== Usage notes ==== In England and Wales, the system of terms applies to the High Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court; in Ireland it applies to the High Court and the Supreme Court. At present in England and Wales, Easter term begins on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday and ends on the Friday before the spring holiday, which is the bank holiday on the last Monday in May or any day appointed instead of that day. In Ireland it begins on the first Monday following Easter Sunday and ends on the Thursday before Whitsunday. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Easter term on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Term Date Calculator”, in New Square Chambers‎[3], 2016, archived from the original on 14 August 2007. === Anagrams === ratemeters, terameters, terametres